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 October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/755.