About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0143
  • TitleSaved by surgery
  • SummarySaved by surgery--Tuberculosis calls for surgery is majority of cases at Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital, where some 42 percent of patients receive some form of collapse therapy. In photo are Dr. Leon Rudorfer, resident physician; Mildred Mayer, anesthetist, and Mabel Alexander, nurse."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Dec. 29, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Thoracic Hospital (New York, N.Y.) ; Anesthesiologists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Surgery -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women's hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Portraits [gmgpc]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Hospitals: Brooklyn Thoracic