Title: William Osler at Work in the Blockley Mortuary
Location: Philadelphia General Hospital
Date: 1886 or 1889
Philadelphia Period (1884-1889)
Creator: Hamill, Samuel McClintock, 1864-1948
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
10.7 x 13.2 cm including borders
9.4 x 11.7 cm excluding borders
Image Number: CUS_044-001AC3_P
Description: William Osler examining human organs at the Blockley Mortuary in Philadelphia. Osler was appointed an official pathologist at Blockley Hospital soon after his arrival in Philadelphia; he was Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Philadelphia from 1884-1889. The back of this photograph contains an inscription in Osler's handwriting.
Notes: Sincerely yours Wm. Osler. Taken by Dr. Sam'l M. Hamill when both of us were interns [at Phila. Hosp. in 1889] Letter of Dr. A.A. Eseschener, 1920. (transcribed from back of photo)
Subject Autopsy
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Philadelphia General Hospital
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
Image Is Related To: Back
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.
Location: Philadelphia General Hospital
Date: 1886 or 1889
Philadelphia Period (1884-1889)
Creator: Hamill, Samuel McClintock, 1864-1948
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
10.7 x 13.2 cm including borders
9.4 x 11.7 cm excluding borders
Image Number: CUS_044-001AC3_P
Description: William Osler examining human organs at the Blockley Mortuary in Philadelphia. Osler was appointed an official pathologist at Blockley Hospital soon after his arrival in Philadelphia; he was Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Philadelphia from 1884-1889. The back of this photograph contains an inscription in Osler's handwriting.
Notes: Sincerely yours Wm. Osler. Taken by Dr. Sam'l M. Hamill when both of us were interns [at Phila. Hosp. in 1889] Letter of Dr. A.A. Eseschener, 1920. (transcribed from back of photo)
Subject Autopsy
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Philadelphia General Hospital
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
Image Is Related To: Back
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.