The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library

Post Mortem Room

About This Item

Title

Post Mortem Room

Subject

Autopsy
Cadaver
Physicians
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs

Description

Physicians and attendants during an autopsy.
Back of image: Woman resident observing dissection

Source

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 1, photo no. 16
Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1888

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PGH_1_16

Temporal Coverage

History, 19th Century

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia

Is Part Of

Bower, John L. (John Lincoln), 1865-1955. Bower album

Original Format

1 photograph : albumen print, sepia

Physical Dimensions

9 x 12.5 cm

Citation

“Post Mortem Room,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/618.