Case of cerebral diplegia

Cerebral Palsy

Women

Blockley Almshouse

Philadelphia General Hospital

Photographs

Female patient on bed with legs twisted.

Front of image: Mary Acheson, Cerebral Diplegia, "[illegible] Palsy", The following neurological pictures taken by Ralph Plinkerton in 1904. [illegible] neurological ward site of Internes Home, 1940

Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 30, photo no. 102

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.

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

1904

StillImage

PGH_30_102

Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980. Blockley photographs

1 photograph : sepia

10 x 13 cm