New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital

Nurses on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital with some patients from the Babies Ward.

Physicians taking a skin graft using Thiersch's method, ca. 1889. The man with the razor is Theodore Dunham, assisted by Franz Torek (surgeon to the Babies Ward). Information below from Registration Record: This photograph appears in the journal "The Post Graduate" (303), with the caption "Taking the Grafts." The notation on the back states that it is Thiersch's method of taking the grafts and the surgeon with the Razor is Theodore Dunham assisted by Franz Torek, surgeon to the Babies'Ward.

James P. Fisk, MD (left, with beard), performs surgery on a child in the Babies Ward operating room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, circa 1897. He is assisted by two nurses and two male doctors.

Four young boys sitting in the solarium on the roof of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

Several children from the Babies Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital in the ward’s “Sunbeam Room.” Some are seated at a table, while others are in chairs around the room.

Eight nurses standing on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, each nurse holding two babies, with several other children seated or in carriages. This photograph was published with the caption “The Babies’ Wards Roof Garden” on page 67 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1907.

Three nurses caring for their charges in the Jamie Ward Pediatric Wing of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, ca. 1901. This photograph was published with the caption “A Corner of the Jamie Ward (Babies’ Wards)” on page 29 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1907.

Two nurses at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital shown with 17 babies on a bed. This photograph was published with the caption “Lining up of Babies’ Wards Patients” on page 25 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1907. The photograph was also used by the Department of Public Relations in the 1967-1968 NYU Handbook.

Two nurses standing on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital with several young patients, some lying in cribs. This photograph was published with the caption “The Outdoor Treatment of Pneumonia” on page 49 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1906.

A nurse observes several children in the Zaidee Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Two of the children are African American. This photograph was published with the caption “The Zaidee Ward (Babies' Wards)” on page 81 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1905.