Ampitheaters

An operation taking place in the main operating amphitheater of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Patient: Herman Boldt; assistant at the table: Robert G. Tracy; surgeon at the instrument table: John Furniss. This photograph was published on page 80 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1902.

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.

Photograph of Edward Gamaliel Janeway’s clinic being held in one of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College amphitheaters; Dr. Janeway is seated on the right.

Edward Gamaliel Janeway, MD (1841-1911) served as Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Pathology and Practical Anatomy during his time at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1881-1907). He served as the first dean of University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College when it merged in 1898. In 1878, Dr. Janeway hired the famous pathologist Dr. William Welch upon his return to the United States. From 1875 to 1881, Dr. Janeway served as the New York City Health Commissioner.

Interior photograph of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College operating room amphitheater, circa 1880s. A cadaver is laid out on the operating table. Doctors dressed in suits pose for an audience of spectators.

Interior photograph of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College operating room amphitheater, circa 1880s. A cadaver is laid out on the operating table. Doctors wearing suits pose for an audience of spectators.

Interior view of a Bellevue Hospital amphitheater during a dry clinic, with students watching the doctors from above. The caption reads: “Dr. Stewart conducting a ‘dry clinic.’”

Interior view of a Bellevue Hospital amphitheater during an operation, with students observing from above. The image is captioned “Dr. Bryant’s Clinic” and may refer to Dr. Joseph Decatur Bryant.

Students watching an operation in the Operating Room Amphitheater at Bellevue Hospital in the 1890's. The dimensions are for the image only, not the board upon which it is mounted.

Two doctors and a nurse at work while being observed by spectators in the Bellevue Hospital Operating Room Amphitheater.