Maine General Hospital Surgical Amphitheatre
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The amphitheatre, a separate building located behind the east wing of MGH, was completed in 1885. Surgeons pictured are Dr. George H. Cummings and Dr. Herbert Henry Brock. The operating theater could seat 200 and was located on the second floor. Skylights 35 feet above the operating floor helped supply the lighting. The space beneath the sides of the amphitheatre was used for an orthopedic clinic and isolation.
Note the gauze strainers on water faucets, conditions of the floors, few instruments, wooden handled knives, lack of gloves, gowns donned after removal of suit coats, and bottles for antiseptic solutions.
Maine General Hospital is a predecessor of Maine Medical Center located in Portland, ME
Other Information
- Title: Maine General Hospital Surgical Amphitheatre
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1895
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 17.4 x 24
- Local Code: P04.22.03
- Collection: Departments/Clinical Surgery
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Medical Center Archives
22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 662-4992
http://www.mmc.org/archives
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LC Subject Headings
Surgeons--Maine--Portland--19th century
Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
Doctors--Maine--Portland--19th century
Medicine
Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)--Photographs
Surgery
Operating rooms--Maine--Portland--19th century
Hospitals--Maine--Portland
People
Cummings, M.D., George H.
Brock, M.D., Henry B.
Other Keywords
Early Surgery
Maine General Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Nurses
Operations
Physicians
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