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Bulfinch by Floor
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Portrait of Fuller Albright (1900-1969)
Shreve, Crump & Low receipt for gas conversion
Surgical wards, ca. 1897
Former Location of Isolation Room
Changing attitudes about syphilis patients
Potential site of Dodd’s X-ray
Bigelow Operating Theatre, ca. 1867
Bigelow Operating Theatre, January 31, 1903
Sarah Evans: The Fenway Park of medical history
Bust of Jacob Bigelow, MD (1786-1879)
Portrait of Sara E. Parsons, RN (1861-1949)
Ether Day Commemoration, October 16, 1942
Former location of patient toilets, 1924
The making of this tour
World War I effort, ca. 1917
Maurizio Fava, MD: Cobb’s cunning analysis
Portrait of W. Gerald Austen, MD (1930- )
Bradlee Ward, ca. 1906
Former site of West Surgical Ward 29, 1888
Ice room and cold storage, 1872
Bulfinch yard, ca. 1919
Mannequin for simulation training
Early location of EEG laboratory
Can of ether
Original exterior wall
Simon Willard Cabinet Clock, 1821
Portrait of Nathaniel W. Faxon, MD
The Intern’s Step
Portrait of J. Robert Buchanan, MD (1928- )
Charles Bulfinch, Boston’s – and MGH’s – first architect
Portrait of Ida M. Cannon (1877-1960)
Approximate site of beginning of 1846 extension
Portrait of Jerrold “Jerry” Rosenbaum, MD
Debbie Burke, RN: Celebrating bravery, compassion and teamwork
The building as artistic inspiration
Former site of the Warren Library
Origins of the photo lab
“The Back Bay Golden Goose” Cartoon
Portrait of Juan Manuel Taveras, MD (1919-2002)
Site of Apothecary
You Are Here
Nursing alumnae
Approximate site of hospital’s first laundry
Site of Resident Physician’s offices, 1872
Aerial view of the MGH, January 27, 1937
Wedding attire of J. Mason Warren, MD (1811-1867)
Former pediatric ward
Original location of Treadwell Library
“Teeth in the bathroom!”
“Ether Day, 1846”
Former site of House Pupils’ bedroom, 1872
Former location of chemistry laboratories
Research at MGH
Former location of women’s medical ward
Laundry chute
Nursing quarters, in a nurse’s words
Portrait of Abraham Touro (1774-1882)
Illustration of medical ward, 1963
Publicity campaign, 1926
Portrait of Samuel O. Thier, MD (1937- )
Portrait of Henry P. Walcott, MD (1838-1932)
Samuel O. Thier, MD: Prison break!
Boston physicians, ca. 1860s
Plaster Apollo Belvedere
Ann Prestipino: On the shoulders of giants
Building demolition, July 7, 1937
Views of the MGH, ca. 1899
Portrait of Francis Sargent Cheever, MD (1909-1997)
Portrait of Frederic A. Washburn, MD (1869-1949)
David Ting, MD: Broom closet turned nerve center
The Legacy of William Augustus Hinton, MD
Pavilion Wards, ca. 1878
Diet kitchen, 1924
Anne Klibanski, MD: Women at the MGH
Joseph Garland
Veranda for the pediatric wards, 1937
Medical ward, 1963
Portrait of Jane Claflin
Ed Raeke: Recognizing veterans
Site of Ward 4 laboratories, 1924
What remains of the wharf
Former lives of the Trustees Room
A sign of the times
Ambulance service, 1908 and 1912
Portrait of Eleanor Mayher Hackett (1937-2009)
Printing plates
Site of House Pupils’ dining room, 1872
Chelmsford granite
Portrait of James Jackson, MD (1777-1867)
Emery Brown, MD, PhD: Medicine transformed
Bulfinch Memorabilia
WWII Honor Roll
Portrait of John Endicott Lawrence (1910-2007)
Portrait of John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Portrait of W. Nicholas Thorndike (1933-2021)
Peter L. Slavin, MD: 200 years of patient care
Border of the 1847 addition
Bronze head of Stanley Cobb, MD (1887-1968)
Portrait of James J. Mongan, MD (1942-2011)
Isolation Room, 1924
Portrait of Frances J. Bonner, MD (1919-2000)
Sarcophagus and mummified remains of Padihershef
Portrait of Loretta Joy Cummins, MD (1883-1958)
Portrait of Sally Johnson, RN (1880-1957)
A perspective from a COVID-19 ICU
Tent Ward, 1898
Portrait of Stanley Cobb, MD
Surgical and medical tools from the mid-19th century
The mystery of the Coat of Arms
A Photographic Album
John Herman, MD: The Phantom Seventh Floor
Site of Laboratories and Culture and Media Rooms, 1924
Joseph Betancourt, MD: Equity at the ground floor
Visit from Chinese doctors in 1972
Portrait of Chester Middlebrook Pierce, MD (1927-2016)
Edward P. Lawrence
The lost cornerstone
Items from Thomas Hackett’s home study
Group photo on the Bulfinch steps
Cantilevered Steps
MGH Community Health Centers
Sundial dedicated to nursing at MGH
Approximate site of former thyroid clinic
Site of Balance Room, 1924
Portrait of Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld (1939-2017)
Portrait of Roman DeSanctis, MD
Ding
Banjo Clock
Portrait of Samuel Eliot (1739-1820)
Massachusetts General Hospital, ca. 1856
“Ether Day 1846” character study
Gay Ward plaque
Teaching skeleton, c. early 19th century
Site of Photo Studio and Darkroom, 1924
Illustration of an MGH pediatric ward, 1920s
Jack W. Szostak, PhD
Skylight
Portrait of Anna Lyman Gray (1853-1932)
The Ether Dome
The old nurses’ dining room in a nurse’s words
Columbian Centinel
Portrait of David C. Crockett (1910-2005)
Latoya Brewster: An elevator ride up to history
Portrait of Charles A. Sanders, MD (1932- )
Portrait of the Hon. William Phillips (1750-1827)
The Ether Dome through history
Anne Klibanski, MD: A decade for every floor
Portrait of Yvonne Munn, RN (1928-2017)
Training School for Nurses, 1898
Extraordinary times, extraordinary people