Author Biographical Info

Founded on September 1, 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and Smith. It had 17 beds and eight trained nurses on staff. It was the second general hospital established in Houston after St. Joseph Hospital which opened in 1887. It was also the second Baptist-supported hospital in the United States.

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Identifier

MS029-b3-f24-002

Publication Date(s)

circa 1960-1970

Language

English

Description

Black and white photograph of brain surgery showing many surgical instruments in use, one hand holding forceps, and a dark mass at incision site; reverse of photo labeled "Mrs. Anna Johnson, 300 gm meningioma, neurologically negative 17 years + 22 yrs later." See more info at James Greenwood Sr. and Jr., MDs Papers and its finding aid.

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Keywords

Nervous system--Surgery, Brain--Tumores, Meningioma, Houston (TX), Texas Medical Center, James Greenwood Jr, photographs » black-and-white photographs

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