About This Item
Title
Men's Eye Ward
Subject
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Eyelids--Surgery
Hospital Units
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938
Ingram, Florence
Stengel, Alfred, 1868-1939
Carter, William Spencer
McFarland, Joseph, 1868-1945
Photographs
Description
A canthoplasty in the Men's Eye Ward, with nurses, resident physicians, ward attendant present.
Front of image: Dr. George de Schweinitz, 1889, Back row: Charlie, Florence Ingram, Stengel, Carter, Around bed: McFarland [with instruments], Bitting.
Florence Ingram graduated from PGH School of Nursing in 1889. George de Schweinitz was ophthalmologist at PGH from 1887 to 1917.
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 2, photo no. 2
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
1889
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_2_2
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Is Part Of
Bower, John L. (John Lincoln), 1865-1955. Bower album
Original Format
1 photograph : albumen print, sepia
Physical Dimensions
9 x 12.5 cm
Citation
“Men's Eye Ward,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/635.