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Medico-Chirurgical College

About This Item

Title

Medico-Chirurgical College

Subject

Physicians
Faculty, Medical
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia
Hughes, William Ellery, 1857-1944
Fox, L. Webster (Lawrence Webster), 1853-1931
Ashton, William Easterly, 1859-1933
Shoemaker, John V. (John Vietch), 1852-1910
Photographs
Portraits

Description

Major faculty of the Medico-Chirurgical Society.
Front of image: Identification on back of picture

Source

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 14, 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

1895

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PGH_14_8

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

24 x 35.5 cm

Citation

“Medico-Chirurgical College,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/755.