The Lights of New York City.

New York City: rooftops of buildings by the Hudson River. Photograph, ca. 1880.

The faces of Latin American men and women of New York united in their support against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.

Simon Flexner (left), Director of the Rockefeller Institute, New York, with Professor Neufeld (right), on his visit to the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin. Process print, 1932 (?).

Bellevue Hospital, New York City: hospital buildings with a tower; a pile of bricks in the foreground from a demolished building. Photograph.

Henry S. Tanner before the start of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by Herr & Co., 1880.

Henry S. Tanner at the end of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by G.E. Hogg, 1880.

An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

An HIV positive man with his partner representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

A father who is HIV positive with his child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

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London, city of lost hospitals

Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The island of unclaimed bodies

The problem of the punctured heart

Anxiety : the proceedings of the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, held in New York City, June 1949 / edited by Paul H. Hoch and Joseph Zubin.

The medical treatment of insanity / by M.H. Ranney, ... Resident Physician of the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island.

A history of housing in New York City : dwelling type and social change in the American metropolis / Richard Plunz.

The New York City draft riots : their significance for American society and politics in the age of the Civil War / Iver Bernstein.

A half century of public health : jubilee historical volume of the American Public Health Association, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of its foundation, New York City, November 14-18, 1921 / edited by Mazÿck P. Ravenel.

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London, city of lost hospitals

Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The island of unclaimed bodies

The problem of the punctured heart

Images

Catalogue

Anxiety : the proceedings of the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, held in New York City, June 1949 / edited by Paul H. Hoch and Joseph Zubin.

The medical treatment of insanity / by M.H. Ranney, ... Resident Physician of the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island.

A history of housing in New York City : dwelling type and social change in the American metropolis / Richard Plunz.

The New York City draft riots : their significance for American society and politics in the age of the Civil War / Iver Bernstein.

A half century of public health : jubilee historical volume of the American Public Health Association, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of its foundation, New York City, November 14-18, 1921 / edited by Mazÿck P. Ravenel.

Wellcome uses cookies.

Overview search

Stories

London, city of lost hospitals

Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The island of unclaimed bodies

The problem of the punctured heart

Images

Catalogue

Anxiety : the proceedings of the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, held in New York City, June 1949 / edited by Paul H. Hoch and Joseph Zubin.

The medical treatment of insanity / by M.H. Ranney, ... Resident Physician of the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island.

A history of housing in New York City : dwelling type and social change in the American metropolis / Richard Plunz.

The New York City draft riots : their significance for American society and politics in the age of the Civil War / Iver Bernstein.

A half century of public health : jubilee historical volume of the American Public Health Association, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of its foundation, New York City, November 14-18, 1921 / edited by Mazÿck P. Ravenel.