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 October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/618.