20th Century
154 items
Henry Robinson (Robin) Watt, R.C.A., Portrait of Mary Mathewson, oil on canvas, collection of the Alumnae Association of the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing
Dr. H. Bruce Williams, centre, with Dr. H.C. Brown, 1977. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.1186
Dr. H. Bruce Williams performing surgery at the MGH in 1978. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.1008
MGH Dental Clinic, 1972. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.900
Dr. Ken Bentley receiving the CDA Medal of Honour at the CDA Annual Meeting from Dr. Alastair Nicoll. Courtesy of the Canadian Dental Association. Photographed by Mr. Greg Teckles
Dr. Carl A. Goresky in laboratory at the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, 1976. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.816
Dr. Jo Miller, left, with North American Travelling Fellow Dr. Bernard Meggitt (Cambridge), 1976. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.940
Drs. Emil Skamene and Patricia Kongshavn in the Immunology laboratories of the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, 1980. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds 2014-0014.04.976
Heart-lung machine used in open heart surgery. Still from Robert Cordier’s Miracles in Modern Medicine, 1967. Library and Archives Canada, 1973-0265, copyright Robert Cordier. Curatorial consultant: Steven Palmer
Dr. Anthony Dobell discussing open heart surgical procedure. Still from Robert Cordier’s Miracles in Modern Medicine, 1967. Library and Archives Canada, 1973-0265, copyright Robert Cordier. Curatorial consultant: Steven Palmer
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Dr. Anthony Dobell discussing open heart surgical procedure. Still from Robert Cordier’s Miracles in Modern Medicine, 1967. Library and Archives Canada, 1973-0265, copyright Robert Cordier. Curatorial consultant: Steven Palmer
Dr. Thomas Hudson at the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, 2006. Courtesy of Genome Quebec
Drs. Patricia Tonin (left) and Steven Narod in their laboratories at the MGH, 1994. Maclean’s, July 11, 1994
Drs. Ronald Melzack and Mary-Ellen Jeans of the Pain Clinic, 1982. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.933
Dr. Albert Aguayo, 1979. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.87.2
Architectural drawing for the Research Institute, completed 1973. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds
View of the hospital showing the original Magee property in the future location of the Research Institute, 1966. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.303.
Stills from Robert Cordier’s Miracles in Modern Medicine, 1967. Library and Archives Canada, 1973-0265, copyright Robert Cordier. Curatorial consultant: Steven Palmer
Contact sheet of ophthalmology class given by Dr. E. Gordon at the MGH, photographed by Chris Lund, 1964. McGill University Archives, PR017582
Dr. H. Rocke Robertson, c. 1975. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.2167
Dr. Douglas Cameron (seated, front-left) teaching in a clinic, 1967. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.851
Dr. E.S. Mills, c. 1955. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.17
Dr. Ian W.D. Henderson, of the University Surgical Clinic, with Warburg apparatus, c. 1962. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.569.1
Cardiac Monitoring Unit, c. 1970. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2104-0014.04.669.2
Head nurse Margaret Eades, right, in the Medical Intensive Care Unit, c. 1975. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.669.3
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, c. 1981. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.1013
Nurses in a four-bed ward, 1955. Archives of the Alumnae Association of the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing
Transport of a patient to the new site, part of a seamlessly coordinated effort, 1955. Medical Director William Storrar is pictured third from left. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.1058.2
Ambulances lined up outside of the old hospital, waiting to transport patients to the new building, 1955. McGill University Archives, PA027724 (album)
Foundation stone of the new hospital laid by then-Premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, 2 May 1953. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Mann Fonds, 2017-0001.04.2.11
Isometric drawing of the MGH, early 1950s. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds
Montreal Children’s Hospital, photographed by Robert Derval, 2000. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Montreal Children’s Hospital Audio-Visual Department Fonds, 2014-0015.04.748
Montreal Chest Institute, 1953. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Montreal Chest Institute Fonds, 2014-0026.04.71
Construction of the Montreal General Hospital, c. 1952-55. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.39
Stained glass window by artist Lawrence Lee. Courtesy of the Medical Multimedia Department of the MUHC. Photographed by Michael Cichon.
Dr. Harold Rocke Robertson, future MGH Surgeon-in-Chief, c. 1940s. McGill University Archives, PA044156
Dr. Douglas George Cameron, future MGH Physician-in-Chief, c. 1944. McGill University Archives, 0000-0481.04.465
Eleanor Sweezey, Schematic drawing showing radical excision of bone and soft tissue and application of split-thickness skin graft. Used with permission from J.G. Shannon and F.M. Woolhouse, “Treatment of Chronic Bone Infection,” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 36, no.4 (1954): 841-50
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Eleanor Sweezey, Schematic drawing showing radical excision of bone and soft tissue and application of split-thickness skin graft. Used with permission from J.G. Shannon and F.M. Woolhouse, “Treatment of Chronic Bone Infection,” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 36, no.4 (1954): 841-50
Frank Zahalan, right, pictured with MGH pharmacist Nathan Fox, c. 1970s. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.932
Frank Zahalan’s handwritten recipe card for the Montreal General Hospital Sulphathiazole Emulsion, c. 1940s. Art and Heritage Centre of the MUHC, 2020-0033
Mobile cantine truck donated by MGH nursing alumnae during WWII. McGill University Archives, PR027663
Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. I.M. Rabinowitch about to leave for England, November 1939. George Manning Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, University of Western Ontario, B5744
Worker holds test-tube of penicillin in front of a bottle containing a surface culture penicillin mold at the Connaught Labs, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, National Film Board of Canada fonds, 3197454. Courtesy Harry Rowed/National Film Board of Canada
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Worker holds test-tube of penicillin in front of a bottle containing a surface culture penicillin mold at the Connaught Labs, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, National Film Board of Canada fonds, 3197454. Courtesy Harry Rowed/National Film Board of Canada
Blanche J. Herman, Matron, no. 14 Canadian General Hospital, 1941. McGill University Archives, PL007185
Dr. I.M. Rabinowitch, Founder and Director, Department of Metabolism and Toxicology, 1919-1946. Art and Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.76
Nurses on the lawn of the MGH, Dorchester Street, 1915. Archives of the Alumnae Association of the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing
Mabel Kathleen Holt, 1940. Archives of the Alumnae Association of the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing