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Bulfinch by Floor
Browse through all of the content we have on each floor.
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Basement
Ether Dome
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
The old nurses’ dining room in a nurse’s words
Surgical and medical tools from the mid-19th century
Former lives of the Trustees Room
Original location of Treadwell Library
Joseph Betancourt, MD: Equity at the ground floor
Bulfinch Memorabilia
A Photographic Album
Portrait of Chester Middlebrook Pierce, MD (1927-2016)
Original exterior wall
Former pediatric ward
A perspective from a COVID-19 ICU
Chelmsford granite
Ann Prestipino: On the shoulders of giants
Portrait of James Jackson, MD (1777-1867)
Approximate site of former thyroid clinic
Portrait of Stanley Cobb, MD
Former location of women’s medical ward
Former site of the Warren Library
Anne Klibanski, MD: A decade for every floor
Boston physicians, ca. 1860s
Nursing alumnae
Bigelow Operating Theatre, January 31, 1903
Site of Resident Physician’s offices, 1872
Portrait of Juan Manuel Taveras, MD (1919-2002)
Former site of West Surgical Ward 29, 1888
Ed Raeke: Recognizing veterans
Bradlee Ward, ca. 1906
“The Back Bay Golden Goose” Cartoon
Portrait of Samuel O. Thier, MD (1937- )
Simon Willard Cabinet Clock, 1821
Views of the MGH, ca. 1899
Portrait of John Collins Warren, MD (1778-1856)
Portrait of Francis Sargent Cheever, MD (1909-1997)
Maurizio Fava, MD: Cobb’s cunning analysis
Edward P. Lawrence
Sarcophagus and mummified remains of Padihershef
The building as artistic inspiration
The making of this tour
Mannequin for simulation training
Portrait of Roman DeSanctis, MD
Portrait of John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Portrait of Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld (1939-2017)
Site of Ward 4 laboratories, 1924
Bigelow Operating Theatre, ca. 1867
Ether Day Commemoration, October 16, 1942
Visit from Chinese doctors in 1972
Site of Balance Room, 1924
Jack W. Szostak, PhD
“Ether Day, 1846”
Portrait of Jane Claflin
Bulfinch yard, ca. 1919
Potential site of Dodd’s X-ray
Extraordinary times, extraordinary people
Ward 23, 1888
Massachusetts General Hospital, ca. 1856
David Nathan, MD: Four decades in Bulfinch
Portrait of Loretta Joy Cummins, MD (1883-1958)
You Are Here
Portrait of Yvonne Munn, RN (1928-2017)
Aerial view of the MGH, January 27, 1937
Portrait of Abraham Touro (1774-1882)
Portrait of J. Robert Buchanan, MD (1928- )
Nursing quarters, in a nurse’s words
Sundial dedicated to nursing at MGH
Portrait of Sally Johnson, RN (1880-1957)
Peter L. Slavin, MD: 200 years of patient care
Shreve, Crump & Low receipt for gas conversion
Ambulance service, 1908 and 1912
Building demolition, July 7, 1937
The mystery of the Coat of Arms
Teaching skeleton, c. early 19th century
Group photo on the Bulfinch steps
Pavilion Wards, ca. 1878
Research at MGH
Banjo Clock
Isolation Room, 1924
Portrait of Anna Lyman Gray (1853-1932)
John Herman, MD: The Phantom Seventh Floor
WWII Honor Roll
Laundry chute
Can of ether
Diet kitchen, 1924
Origins of the photo lab
Site of Photo Studio and Darkroom, 1924
Site of Apothecary
Portrait of John Endicott Lawrence (1910-2007)
“Teeth in the bathroom!”
What remains of the wharf
The Intern’s Step
Border of the 1847 addition
Former Location of Isolation Room
Tent Ward, 1898
Portrait of Fuller Albright (1900-1969)
Approximate site of beginning of 1846 extension
Debbie Burke, RN: Celebrating bravery, compassion and teamwork
Gay Ward plaque
Anne Klibanski, MD: Women at the MGH
Portrait of Nathaniel W. Faxon, MD
“Ether Day 1846” character study
Veranda for the pediatric wards, 1937
Training School for Nurses, 1898
Portrait of Frances J. Bonner, MD (1919-2000)
Portrait of James J. Mongan, MD (1942-2011)
Portrait of Ida M. Cannon (1877-1960)
Columbian Centinel
Printing plates
Cantilevered Steps
Former location of chemistry laboratories
Early location of EEG laboratory
Site of House Pupils’ dining room, 1872
Portrait of W. Gerald Austen, MD (1930- )
The Ether Dome through history
Portrait of Sara E. Parsons, RN (1861-1949)
Portrait of Samuel Eliot (1739-1820)
Portrait of Frederic A. Washburn, MD (1869-1949)
Latoya Brewster: An elevator ride up to history
Portrait of Charles A. Sanders, MD (1932- )
Items from Thomas Hackett’s home study
Portrait of Jerrold “Jerry” Rosenbaum, MD
Joseph Garland
Approximate site of hospital’s first laundry
The lost cornerstone
The Legacy of William Augustus Hinton, MD
Sarah Evans: The Fenway Park of medical history
Ding
Changing attitudes about syphilis patients
Emery Brown, MD, PhD: Medicine transformed
Bronze head of Stanley Cobb, MD (1887-1968)
Ice room and cold storage, 1872
Medical ward, 1963
Former location of patient toilets, 1924
Portrait of W. Nicholas Thorndike (1933-2021)
Former site of House Pupils’ bedroom, 1872
Illustration of an MGH pediatric ward, 1920s
A sign of the times
Wedding attire of J. Mason Warren, MD (1811-1867)
Bust of Jacob Bigelow, MD (1786-1879)
The Ether Dome
Portrait of Eleanor Mayher Hackett (1937-2009)
Portrait of Henry P. Walcott, MD (1838-1932)
Publicity campaign, 1926
David Ting, MD: Broom closet turned nerve center
Portrait of the Hon. William Phillips (1750-1827)
Surgical wards, ca. 1897
Site of Laboratories and Culture and Media Rooms, 1924
Illustration of medical ward, 1963
Plaster Apollo Belvedere
MGH Community Health Centers
Portrait of David C. Crockett (1910-2005)
Skylight