About This Item
Title
Operating room
Subject
Operating Rooms
General surgery
General surgery--Education
Physicians
Nurses
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Pfahler, George E. (George Edward), 1874-1957
Photographs
Description
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.
Source
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.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
ca. 1900
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_3_9
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Is Part Of
Pfahler, George E. (George Edward), 1874-1957. Pfahler collection
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
12 x 17 cm
Citation
“Operating room,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 30, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/663.