About This Item
Title
Dead House
Subject
Autopsy
Cadaver
Physicians
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Walter, Georgiana
Dyer, John R.
Taggart, George
Robinson, John
Blackwood, J. D.
Photographs
Description
Autopsy in progress.
Front of image: Georgina Walter, John R. Dyer (2nd year medical student at Jefferson), George Taggart, John Robinson, J. D. Blackwood (Commander Blackwood, United States Navy, went down with his ship U.S.S. Vincennes in the battle of Savo Straits in World War II).
J. D. Blackwood was resident physician at PGH in 1904, Georginia Walter was resident physician at PGH from 1903 to 1905, John R. Dyer was a medical student and voluntary assistant in 1903, George Taggart and John Robinson were assistants at PGH.
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 5, photo no. 1
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
1903
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_5_01
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
20 x 21.5 cm
Citation
“Dead House,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed September 8, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/693.