Operating room, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1911.
Date
1911
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Notes
Part of the Women in the Health Sciences set of images.
Description
A surgical operation at St. Louis Children's Hospital, located at Jefferson Avenue and Adams Street, in 1911. From left to right, unidentified operating room nurse; Dr. Charles A. Stone (back to camera); Dr. Nathaniel Allison; Dr. James Archer O'Reilly; Ruth Riley; and unidentified anesthetist. Ruth Riley, a 1909 graduate of the Washington University Training School for Nurses, was the hospital's first superintendent, a professional administrator overseeing the nurses and day-to-day operation of the hospital.
Rights
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Acquisition Method
Transfer.
Provenance
St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1987, (87-024).
Subject-Personal Name
Allison, Nathaniel, 1876-.; O'Reilly, James Archer, 1879-.; Riley, Ruth -- (hospital administrator).; Stone, Charles Allen, 1883-
