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Surgical operation at St. Paul Hospital on Bryan Street

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A 1936 surgical operation at St. Paul Hospital is observed by student nurses, with a nursing sister in the background. St. Paul Sanitarium changed its name to St. Paul Hospital in 1927.

Staff Variations

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One snake or two? Some see the staff with one snake as the 'true' symbol of medicine. The staff with one snake was symbolic of Aesculapius, the god of medicine and healing, whereas a staff with two snakes represented Hermes, the god of sun and…

Staff (detail)

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Is this a variation on the rod or staff of Aesculapius? Or just a decorative embellishment?

St. Paul Training School for Nurses, students in dietary lab

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Students in the St. Paul Sanitarium's Training School for Nurses were required to spend one month in the Dietary Lab as part of their training.

St. Paul Training School for Nurses, first three graduates with student nurses

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In 1900, St. Paul Sanitarium opened Dallas' first "Training School for Nurses." The first three nurses graduated in 1903 and are posed in the front row, with the nursing students behind them. The black ribbons on the graduates' hats indicate they…

St. Paul Sanitarium on Hall Street

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St. Paul Sanitarium (renamed St. Paul Hospital in 1927) first opened in 1896 in this small wooden building on Hall Street that was both hospital and home to the Daughters of Charity nursing sisters. It was the first private, not-for-profit hospital…

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, X-ray room

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X-ray room in the St. Paul Sanitarium: The x-ray department was staffed by a technician and a part-time radiologist. X-rays were taken in the same room where film was developed and viewed.

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, with 1916 addition

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In 1916, St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street expanded with a large new annex which cost $225,000.

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, tents for military influenza patients, with soldiers and nurses outside

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In 1918, while the United States was fighting World War I in Europe, an influenza epidemic swept the world. In Dallas, 7,000 were sickened and over 20 died. Soldiers were particularly susceptible because they lived in close quarters. Soldiers who…

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, pharmacy

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Pharmacy in the St. Paul Sanitarium: The Pharmacy staff--a director, pharmacist, and assistant--compounded drugs ordered by physicians.