Hospital units

Photograph of stained-glass window in the Orthopedic Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. The window is inscribed with the caption, “Token of the love Sarah Gibbs Thompson bears to these little children. Christmas 1899.” The caption beneath the photograph reads, “Mrs. Thompson’s Window in the Orthopedic Ward.”

Interior view of doctors and nurses visiting patients 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 34 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1909.

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.”

Interior photograph of an unidentified ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1880s. Patients are seen reclining on beds with light coming in through a window.

A women's ward at Bellevue Hospital, ca. 1870-1880.

Doctors, nurses and female patients in Ward 20.

Doctors, accompanied by nurses, on rounds at Bellevue, 1891. The print is quite faded, and has some foxing.

A nurse working at a desk in Ward 12 of Bellevue Hospital.