Bellevue Hospital Medical College

Cover of the first annual announcement and circular for Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1862-1863.

Signed portrait of George David Stewart, MD. Dr. Stewart received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1889. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Adjunct Lecturer of Anatomy (1895-1896), Adjunct Professor of Anatomy (1896-1897), Professor of Anatomy, and Professor of Clinical Surgery.

Carte de visite portrait of Timothy Childs, MD. Dr. Childs taught as Professor of Anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1865.

Carte de visite portrait of James Rushmore Wood, MD (1816-1882). Dr. Wood served as Professor of Operative Surgery and Surgical Pathology at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1868 and as Professor Emeritus from 1868 to 1882.

Portrait of Austin Flint, Jr., MD (1836-1915). Dr. Flint taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Physiology & Microscopical Anatomy (1861-1898) and Professor of Obstetrics (1893-1898).

Cabinet card of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922). 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.

Carte de visite portrait of Isaac Ebenezer Taylor, MD (1812-1889). Dr. Taylor served as Professor of Obstetrics at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1867 and as Emeritus Professor from 1867 to 1889.

Carte de visite portrait of Benjamin William McCready, MD (1813-1892). Dr. McCready served as Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1872 and as Emeritus Professor from 1872 to 1886. He also served as Professor of Hygiene & Toxicology at University Medical College from 1852 to 1853.

Portrait of Frank Hastings Hamilton, MD (1813-1886). Dr. Hamilton taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Military Surgery, Fractures and Dislocations from 1861 to 1875, and as Professor of Principles of Surgery from 1866 to 1875.

Carte de visite portrait of Frank Hastings Hamilton, MD (1813-1886). Dr. Hamilton taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Military Surgery, Fractures and Dislocations from 1861 to 1875, and as Professor of Principles of Surgery from 1866 to 1875.