About This Item
Title
Surgical Operation ca. 1899
Subject
Operating Rooms
General surgery
Surgical Instruments
Physicians
Nurses
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Reynolds, C. R.
Kluttz, W. C.
Photographs
Description
Resident physicians and four nurses present around table.
Back of image: Surgeon General Reynolds as a Blockley resident
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 11, photo no. 8
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. 1899
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_11_8
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph : sepia
Physical Dimensions
35 x 35 cm
Citation
“Surgical Operation ca. 1899,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed September 8, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/739.