MGH’s Bulfinch Building: highlights
Even as patient wards gradually moved elsewhere and numerous buildings have mushroomed around it, the Bulfinch Building remains the seat of the hospital’s soul, an object of awe for newcomers and enduring affection for those who spend time there.
Most of the building is inaccessible to the public. In this glimpse behind the scenes, you will meet just some of its extraordinary denizens, past and present.
![200 years of Patient Care logo](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/200years-graphic-x1200-1024x1024.png)
- All
- Basement
- Ether Dome
- First floor
- Lectures
- Second floor
- Third floor
![Screenshot of staircase leading from the Bulfinch Lawn to the Bulfinch Building, the top step is painted with a red line across its length](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-Interns-Step-screenshot-300x169.png)
The Intern’s Step
![Screenshot of sign reading "MGH Staff Designated Seating Area" in MGH hallway](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/A-Sign-of-the-Times-screenshot-300x164.png)
A sign of the times
![A screenshot of a camera reflected in a hallway security mirror](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-Making-of-this-Tour-screenshot-no-dot-2-300x151.png)
The making of this tour
![A title page reading Services at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Massachsuetts General Hospital](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cornerstone-178x300.png)
The lost cornerstone
![Two high schoolers and an adult lean over a mannequin on a stretcher.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/simulation-300x147.png)
Mannequin for simulation training
![yellowed receipt with ornate text on top with an eagle engraving in the top left corner](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SCL-receipt-300x286.jpg)
Shreve, Crump & Low receipt for gas conversion
![Still from "Four decades in Bulfinch" video](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/David-Nathan-MD-300x169.jpg)
David Nathan, MD: Four decades in Bulfinch
![vests, a coat, and two pairs of pants in a flat, wall-mounted glass case](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RyGbA8Na-300x200.jpeg)
Wedding attire of J. Mason Warren, MD (1811-1867)
![Brass plaque is engraved with the words "G. H. GAY WARD MEMORIAL OF GEORGE HENRY GAY."](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OL7Nqgrg-scaled-e1666553248899-300x224.jpeg)
Gay Ward plaque
![Nursing class in Mass General Ether Dome](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ether-Dome-Old-photo-300x300.jpg)
Nursing alumnae
![Three small wooden boxes with metal handles. One is opened to display a stack of metal printing plates, three of which are propped up in front of the boxes](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/printing-plates-and-wooden-cases-300x215.jpg)
Printing plates
![An old copy of the Boston Herald lies on top of box, surrounded by other cardboard boxes with plaster dust. Headline reads: TAFT WINS DELEGATE TESTS, FIGHTS EISENHOWER SURGE; HOOVER BIDS FOR AIRPOWER"](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/old-Boston-Herald-300x206.jpg)
Joseph Garland
![video thumbnail](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/latoya-brewster-300x169.jpg)
Latoya Brewster: An elevator ride up to history
![A group of doctors listening to a presentation, seated in the tiered seating of a former operating theatre](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Chinese-Delegation-Visit-1972-300x269.jpg)
Visit from Chinese doctors in 1972
![Point of view is looking straight up at the dome from the floor. Pale blue dome is interrupted by a gridded window, notched out of roughly 1/10th of the diameter](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nJ32gIsg-300x120.jpeg)
Skylight
![video still](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Emery-Brown-MD-PhD-300x169.jpg)
Emery Brown, MD, PhD: Medicine transformed
![Title screen of 360 video of Ether Dome.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/YZwY3Hwg-300x161.png)
The Ether Dome through history
![white statue of a man wearing a quiver of arrows, a cape, sandals, and a fig leaf. Next to hi right leg is a tree stump with snake climbing up its side.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Apollo-194x300.jpg)
Plaster Apollo Belvedere
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Surgical-and-medical-tools-from-the-mid-19th-century-300x200.jpg)
Surgical and medical tools from the mid-19th century
![Several dark suited men observing a surgery on a seated, unconscious patient performed by a man with white hair and beard.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eteher-day-paintingx1200px-high-300x226.jpg)
“Ether Day, 1846”
![Side view of mummy in front of a Sarcophagus in a glass case](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220126ether_dome_005-300x200.jpg)
Sarcophagus and mummified remains of Padihershef
![Scale model of Bulfinch building in plexiglass case](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220126ether_dome_027-300x200.jpg)
Border of the 1847 addition
![A disassembled hanging balance scale with various weights laying between the pans](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Apothecary-Balance-Scales-ca-1920-300x258.jpg)
Site of Balance Room, 1924
![Still from "Women at MGH" video](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Anne-Klibanski-women-still-300x169.jpg)
Anne Klibanski, MD: Women at the MGH
![detailed painting of a man's head, looking to his right, vignetted in an amber-colored background wash](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ether-day-character-study-248x300.jpg)
“Ether Day 1846” character study
![Three wall-mounted plaques with several names listed](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/wwii-honor-roll-300x178.jpg)
WWII Honor Roll
![A room with a table, chairs, and beds, with adults and children.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ward-23-1888-300x216.jpg)
Ward 23, 1888
![black & white photo of man wearing grey suit, a bow tie, and glasses](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HUP_Hinton_William-portrait-201x300.jpg)
The Legacy of William Augustus Hinton, MD
![painting of seated gray-haired man is gray suit, pale blue shirt, and navy blue tie.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Francis-Sargent-Cheever-MD-236x300.jpg)
Portrait of Francis Sargent Cheever, MD (1909-1997)
![painting of a gray-haired man holding a manila folder in both hands. He is wearing a gray jacket and red tie with black and gold stripes, Behind his is a painting on a wall and a sculpture on the windowsill.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jeffold-rosenbaum-215x300.jpg)
Portrait of Jerrold “Jerry” Rosenbaum, MD
![Painting of gray-haired woman wearing an ivory-colored cowl-neck sweater](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eleanor-mayher-hackett-228x300.jpg)
Portrait of Eleanor Mayher Hackett (1937-2009)
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/maurizio-fava-on-cobb-300x169.jpg)
Maurizio Fava, MD: Cobb’s cunning analysis
![Framed butterfly specimen case](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/thomas-hackett-butterfly-collection-300x225.jpg)
Items from Thomas Hackett’s home study
![black and white drawing with several figures in a medical setting. At the center is a young woman, dressed in a hat and coat, holding a baby with a young boy at her left side, holding onto her coat.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1920s-pedi-sketch-300x200.jpg)
Illustration of an MGH pediatric ward, 1920s
![Women lying in beds. One woman on the right is sitting in a rocking chair.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ward-29-1888-300x219.jpg)
Former site of West Surgical Ward 29, 1888
![black & white photo. The girl's dark hair is fashion into a short bowl cut.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-in-bed-300x243.jpg)
Former pediatric ward
![Building with columns, and railings are visible behind the columns.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Portico-with-veranda-1939-cropped-300x194.jpg)
Veranda for the pediatric wards, 1937
![black & white photo of large, sunlit room with eighty beds in view with four nurses and five patients](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ward-30-300x215.jpg)
Former location of women’s medical ward
![A room with a bed, over-bed table, and a curtained window](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MGH-Buildings-Phillips-House-Patient-Room-nd-e1666539522606-300x187.jpg)
Former Location of Isolation Room
![color photo of small black microscope in profile](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/microscope-profile-216x300.jpg)
Former location of chemistry laboratories
![A walled-off pit with wood and concrete inside.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wharf-300x115.png)
What remains of the wharf
![Microscopic image, mostly with small and large violet-colored spots and a few smaller ones are magenta in color.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Secondary_syphilis_spirochete_eccrine_ducts_high_power-300x235.jpg)
Changing attitudes about syphilis patients
![Loose clay head sculpture cast in bronze](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/stanley-cobb-239x300.jpg)
Bronze head of Stanley Cobb, MD (1887-1968)
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stanley-Cobb-portrait-258x300.jpg)
Portrait of Stanley Cobb, MD
![A grid of 25 video screens with a person holding up a painting they did of the Bulfinch building in each frame.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BulfinchPaintingEvent-300x179.jpg)
The building as artistic inspiration
![painting of white-haired man seated in an office environment. He is leaning forward, resting his left arm on his desk, and holding a pair of glasses with both hands.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/58-W.-Gerald-Austen-000075high-223x300.jpg)
Portrait of W. Gerald Austen, MD (1930- )
![painting of a white-haired, seated man wearing a gray suit, glasses and a red tie. Behid him is an illustrated oriental screen](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/182RobertBuchananhigh-251x300.jpg)
Portrait of J. Robert Buchanan, MD (1928- )
![painting of white-haired, seated man, wearing glasses, a gray suit, and a bow tie.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nicholas-Thorndike-portrait-259x300.jpg)
Portrait of W. Nicholas Thorndike (1933-2021)
![painting of a gray-haired, seated man in a 3-piece gray sit and blue tie. He is holding a pair of glasses in his right hand.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/John-E-Lawrence-portrait-238x300.jpg)
Portrait of John Endicott Lawrence (1910-2007)
![oil painting of a seated man in a suit. The man has gray hair and a mustache](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Frederick-Washburn-portrait-250x300.jpg)
Portrait of Frederic A. Washburn, MD (1869-1949)
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MGH-Campus_Laundry-Building-Rear-of-Bufinch-nd339-232x300.jpg)
Original exterior wall
![Dark carved wood box with gold details](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ding_2-232x300.jpg)
Ding
![painting of a bespectacled, gray-haired man in a gray suit, white shirt, and red tie, resting his left arm on a fireplace mantel](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/466-mongan-2-revised-249x300.jpg)
Portrait of James J. Mongan, MD (1942-2011)
![white marble (?) bust](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/84-Bust-of-Jacob-Bigelow-000084high-188x300.jpg)
Bust of Jacob Bigelow, MD (1786-1879)
![Oil painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/William-Phillips-portrait-260x300.jpg)
Portrait of the Hon. William Phillips (1750-1827)
![White marble bas-relief portrait of a woman in profile with her arm resting on a backrest of a chair](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/148AnnaLymanGrayhigh-206x300.jpg)
Portrait of Anna Lyman Gray (1853-1932)
![oil painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferdinand-colloredo-mansfeld-238x300.jpg)
Portrait of Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld (1939-2017)
![painting detail for audio-only video](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Samuel-O-Thier-Prison-break-300x169.jpg)
Samuel O. Thier, MD: Prison break!
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/180-ThierSamuel-high-219x300.jpg)
Portrait of Samuel O. Thier, MD (1937- )
![Impressionistic, full-figure painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jane-claflin-alt-e1666557870603-139x300.jpg)
Portrait of Jane Claflin
![woodcarving with painted gold accents](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Claflin-Library-Province-House-Plaque-8-29-2007-10-54-44-AM-300x202.jpg)
The mystery of the Coat of Arms
![painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Munn-251x300.jpg)
Portrait of Yvonne Munn, RN (1928-2017)
![oil painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/henry-p-walcott-272x300.jpg)
Portrait of Henry P. Walcott, MD (1838-1932)
![Realistic painting from photo reference of Francis J. Bonner with part of the Bulfinch Building exterior in the background](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/frances-j-bonner-224x300.jpg)
Portrait of Frances J. Bonner, MD (1919-2000)
![painted portrait](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/juan-manuel-taveras-240x300.jpg)
Portrait of Juan Manuel Taveras, MD (1919-2002)
![Oil painting in late gold rectangular frame with oval cut-out](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/101-James-Jackson-000101high-269x300.jpg)
Portrait of James Jackson, MD (1777-1867)
![painting in gold frame](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/samuel-eliot-243x300.jpg)
Portrait of Samuel Eliot (1739-1820)
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aaron-willard-clock-186x300.jpg)
Simon Willard Cabinet Clock, 1821
![oil painting in thick gold frame](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/abraham-touro-254x300.jpg)
Portrait of Abraham Touro (1774-1882)
![Floorplan sketch](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MGH-Subject-Files_Bulfinch_Washburn-Trustees-Room-Floor-Plan-1941104-261x300.jpg)
Former lives of the Trustees Room
![black & white group photo of fourteen men, each identified by writing in the margins of the frame](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/House-Officers-1896-1897-300x243.jpg)
Group photo on the Bulfinch steps
![oil painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/edward-p-lawrence-239x300.jpg)
Edward P. Lawrence
![hand-written letter](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MGH-Subject-Files_Wards-Isolation-and-Pavilion_1833-letter058-242x300.jpg)
Isolation Room, 1924
![yellowed receipt](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MGH-Subject-Files_Buildings_Sanitary-Equipment_Water-closets-showers-1899344_e-273x300.jpg)
Former location of patient toilets, 1924
![side-by-side columns of text on yellowed paper](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/laundry-r-183x300.jpg)
Laundry chute
![color photo of several people around a conference room table, raising glasses of champagne](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cheers-300x181.jpg)
Jack W. Szostak, PhD
![color photo of ambulances lined up in front of hospital](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200306_kaf_covid_19_response_016-300x200.jpg)
Extraordinary times, extraordinary people
![An 1876 receipt for mosquito netting for beds](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MGH-Subject-Files_Bulfinch-Building_Wards_Mosquito-netting-1876345-300x246.jpg)
Former site of House Pupils’ bedroom, 1872
![1821 line engraving](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MGH-Bulfinch-1821-vs-1847_e-a-300x214.jpg)
Approximate site of beginning of 1846 extension
![black & white photo of two men in a library. The man on the left is in a wheelchair, reaching for a book, and the man in the right reading in a rocking chair](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bulfinch-Warren-Library-with-patients-r-300x234.jpg)
Former site of the Warren Library
![color photo of library room](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/28-Mosely-Building-Treadwell-Library-300x242.jpg)
Original location of Treadwell Library
![black & group photo of several rows of people standing in white uniforms. Each person's last name is written on their chests](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/either-day-commemoration-oct-16-1942-300x214.jpg)
Ether Day Commemoration, October 16, 1942
![black & white phot go building with top demolished](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/demolition-300x220.jpg)
Building demolition, July 7, 1937
![black & white aerial photo of MGH](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aerial-view-300x190.jpg)
Aerial view of the MGH, January 27, 1937
![black & white photo shows four people, including a woman examing a girl's posture in a mirror.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/clinic-with-mirror-300x227.jpg)
Publicity campaign, 1926
![panoramic black & white photo of MGH campus with Bulfinch building on the right and tents on the left](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bulfinch-yard-1919-1-300x61.jpg)
Bulfinch yard, ca. 1919
![Three black & white photos: The two on top, oval frames, are both portrait of Sara E. Parsons—in a nurse's uniform on the left and a military uniform on the right. The bottom photo features 5 men in a rectangular frame.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/world-war-1-effor-1917-240x300.jpg)
World War I effort, ca. 1917
![Two stacked black & white photos, each showing an old automobile with various people in or around](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ambulence-service-1908-and-1912-239x300.jpg)
Ambulance service, 1908 and 1912
![Sepia-toned photo of 9 people performing an operation](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bradlee-ward-1906-300x220.jpg)
Bradlee Ward, ca. 1906
![sepia-toned photo of eight men in white coats attending an operation, with several dark-suited men in the theater rows above observing](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bigelow-theater-in-early-20th-century-300x241.jpg)
Bigelow Operating Theatre, January 31, 1903
![9 square black & white photos, there rows of three images. Most feature various exterior view of the campus but the center photo shows 5 men in white uniforms](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/views-of-the-mgh-1899-278x300.jpg)
Views of the MGH, ca. 1899
![black & white photo of several nurses and bed-ridden patient in a large tented room](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tents-1898-300x180.jpg)
Tent Ward, 1898
![Sepia-toned group portrait of ten seated women wearing identical nurse uniforms](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/training-school-for-nurses-1898-300x225.jpg)
Training School for Nurses, 1898
![Two stacked sepia-toned photos. Top: male patient, three male attendants, a female nurse, and a man in a dark suit in a room. Bottom: three women in beds in the background and a child in the foreground, looking at the camera](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/surgical-wards-1897-221x300.jpg)
Surgical wards, ca. 1897
![sepia-toned photo of several men in white coats attending an operation, with many more men in the theater rows above observing](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bigelow-Theater-1867484-300x216.jpg)
Bigelow Operating Theatre, ca. 1867
![black & white photo hallway with two nurses standing at doorways on each side](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pavilion-ward-223x300.jpg)
Pavilion Wards, ca. 1878
![Ten black & white photos: Larger group photo of six men in top hats in the center surrounded by ten smaller individual portraits](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/boston-physicians-1860s-272x300.jpg)
Boston physicians, ca. 1860s
![black and white photo of three buildings on the wars egg. "A Photographic Album: Massachusetts General Hospital" is superimposed on the top](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1853-MGH-HMS-300x201.jpg)
Massachusetts General Hospital, ca. 1856
![black and white photo](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/warrenAC-247x300.jpg)
Portrait of John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
![ca. 1856 black and white photo of three buildings on the wars egg. "A Photographic Album: Massachusetts General Hospital" is superimposed on the top](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/photographic-album-300x131.jpg)
A Photographic Album
![black & white photo of apothecary room with several jars lining the wall on the right](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/I4CX5EAQ-300x236.jpg)
Site of Apothecary
![Four navy-colored ties, each with different designs embroidered in different colors](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MGH-ties-300x234.jpg)
Bulfinch Memorabilia
![black & white floorpan of Bulfinch building's first floor with a red circles around room "E" and corresponding text in the key; "E Ice Room & Cold Storage"](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ice-Room-300x200.jpg)
Ice room and cold storage, 1872
![black & white photo of a man sitting in fron of a large device with a cylinder resting on his right arm](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MGH-Archives-Portraits-Dr-Walter-James-Dodd-X-Ray-ca-1897-300x237.jpg)
Potential site of Dodd’s X-ray
![view from landing, looking down at the entryway door and lantern suspended overhead](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bul.stairwaylantern-225x300.jpg)
Cantilevered Steps
![black & white photo of a long table with several chairs](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bulfinch-House-Office-Dining-Room-1898-1-300x201.jpg)
Site of House Pupils’ dining room, 1872
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/JGuWUKuQ-300x242.jpeg)
“Teeth in the bathroom!”
![black & white photo of painting](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Mary_E.P._Davis_Nlm_nlmuid-101441751-scaled-e1666554264689-256x300.jpg)
Nursing quarters, in a nurse’s words
![](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/menu2004-144x300.jpg)
Diet kitchen, 1924
![painting of white-haired woman in a nurse's uniform, with two medallions on the left breast pocket. Her right hand is resting onan open book and some papers.](https://www.russellmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sally-johnson-232x300.jpg)