Hospital units

View of the stained-glass window located in the Orthopedic Ward. The caption on the window reads, "Token of the love Sarah Gibbs Thompson bears to these little children. Christmas 1899."

View of the Charles Carrol Lee Memorial Ward at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Patients, doctors and nurses are in view. This image was used in the Annual Report (1909, p.33) of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, with the caption "The Charles Carrol Lee Memoral Ward"

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 are seen resting in their beds. There are a couple of nurses present, and two men who may be doctors. This is not an original photograph, but rather an old, somewhat faded copy.

Female patients and children are seen in their beds. Several nurses are present, and a couple of men who may be doctors. The time is sometime in the 1890's.

Interior photograph of unidentified Ward of Bellevue Hospital (c. 1880's). Patients are seen reclining on beds with light coming in through window in the background.

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 is seated at a desk in Ward 12 of the hospital. Dimensions are for image only.