Operating room

Operating Rooms

General surgery

General surgery--Education

Physicians

Nurses

Blockley Almshouse

Philadelphia General Hospital

Pfahler, George E. (George Edward), 1874-1957

Photographs

Six physicians, five nurses present during operation, Pfahler and assistant wearing gloves.

Back of image: Operating room, Dr. Pfahler on right, Old Blockey Philadelphia.

Pfhaler's assistant was Johnson, resident physician at PGH in 1901.

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 3, photo no. 9

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.

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

ca. 1900

StillImage

PGH_3_9

History, 19th Century

Philadelphia

Pfahler, George E. (George Edward), 1874-1957. Pfahler collection

1 photograph

12 x 17 cm