Nurses

Several doctors and nurses in an operating room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

Several female patients, a doctor, and a nurse, on the Charles Carroll Lee Memorial Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This photograph was published with the caption “The Charles Carroll Lee Memorial Ward” on page 66 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1904.

View of surgeons, assistants, and nurses working in the operating amphitheater of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, taken from the balcony. Some spectators are watching the operation. This photograph was published in the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1903.

Three nurses are seen in an operating amphitheater, preparing for an operation. This photograph was published with the caption “Preparing for an Operation” on page 41 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1903.

Portrait of a young girl reclining in a wicker chair built to support her legs. This photograph was published in the Report of the Babies’ Wards, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1901.

An illustration from "Darkness & Daylight" of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922), leading rounds at old Bellevue Hospital.

Dr. Smith served as Professor of Anatomy (1867-1872) and Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery (1861-1866) at Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He also served as Professor of Clinical Surgery (1874-1894), Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (1874-1882), and Emeritus Professor (1894-1896) at University Medical College. A well-known surgeon and public health officer, he undertook a survey of New York City Health conditions in 1865 on behalf of the Council on Hygiene and Public Health. The Report of the Council, referred to as the Magna Carta of municipal sanitation in the United States, resulted in a law passed in 1866 which established the Health Department. Dr. Smith was a founder of and the first president of the American Public Health Association.

Male patients resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Sturgis Pavilion. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Sturgis Pavilion was built in 1879. It was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Osborn.”

Female patients and children resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Marquand Pavilion, circa 1890. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Marquand Pavilion for Women and Children, Bellevue Hospital.”

Group portrait of Bellevue Hospital’s Gynecological Division staff, 1921. Names of staff members are handwritten on the photograph.

Group portrait of Bellevue Hospital’s House Staff, Fourth Medical Division, 1910, posed in an operating room in their surgical gowns. Caption reads: “Fourth Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1910. John F. McGrath, Thomas McCrae, Robert Wylie (gynecologist), Cyrus F. Wade, Lawrence H. Rogers.” The nurses pictured are not named in the caption.