New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Main Operating Amphitheater

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Operation in the main operating room, an amphitheater, at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, ca. 1902. This image was used in the 18th Annual Report (1902, p.80) of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. The patient was Herman Boldt, assisting at the table was Robert G. Tracy, and at the instrument table was J. Furniss.

New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Main Operating Room

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Photographic (letterpress halftone) re-print of the main operating room (The Operating Amphitheatre) in operation. Surgeons, assistants and nurses can be seen along with some spectators in the seats to the upper left, rear. This photograph appears in the Annual Report for the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital(1903)

New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital

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A view of the hospital and school building. Some cars are visible on the street. Information below from Registration Record: Photograph of the NY Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital looking at Second Avenue and 20th Street and the Roosa Building (purchased in 1894), to the left is the James F. McKernon Building at Second Avenue and 21st Street (purchased in 1924), and to the right is the Hewitt Building, 20th Street toward First Avenue (purchased 1912).