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St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, patient ward
A patient ward in the St. Paul Sanitarium. The fee for ward beds was $1 to $1.50 per day, including "medicine and medical attention." Private rooms were $12 to $35 per week.
St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, main kitchen
Main kitchen in the St. Paul Sanitarium: Food from this kitchen was delivered by dumbwaiter in bulk to a diet kitchen on each floor, where it was prepared for delivery to patients. Dishes and silverware were stored on each floor.
St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, front view, street in foreground
A new, 110-bed St. Paul Sanitarium opened on Bryan Street in 1898. It was state-of-the-art for its day, with elevators, electric and gas lights, electric call bells, radiators and fireplaces for heating, and bathrooms with hot and cold running water.…
St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, emergency operating room
Emergency operating room in the St. Paul Sanitarium. The corner windows provided good light, as well as ventilation. The fee for use of an operating room was $5.
St. Paul Sanitarium Free Clinic staff and patients
St. Paul Sanitarium established a Free Clinic--the first in Dallas--in 1906. This 1924 photo was posed with doctors, nurses and patients (or perhaps models posing as patients) to illustrate the care given in the Free Clinic. By the late 1930s the…
St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Clinic, with crowd in front
In 1929, St. Paul Hospital established the Marillac Free Clinic for the medically-underserved Spanish-speaking community in the "Little Mexico" neighborhood. This photo shows the Clinic in 1942. In front of the car are (from left to right) a…
St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Clinic, nurse and sister with children
Children are examined by a Daughter of Charity nursing sister and weighed by a nurse in St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Free Clinic. The Clinic served the Spanish-speaking Mexican-American community.
St. Paul Hospital on Harry Hines Blvd., shortly after completion
In 1964, St. Paul Hospital completed a new building at 5909 Harry Hines Blvd., across Inwood Road from the campus of Southwestern Medical School. This was the first of several new hospital buildings completed in Dallas in the 1960s.
St. Paul Hospital on Bryan Street, first African-American physicians admitted to practice
In 1954, St. Paul Hospital became the first in Dallas to admit African-American physicians to practice. The five physicians admitted were Dr. Lee G. Pinkston (seated), Dr. Frank H. Jordan, Dr. Joseph R. Williams, Dr. William K. Flowers, and Dr.…
Spermaceti
Spermaceti was a cooling ointment used to treat excoriations of the skin. It was also often used to soften and heal chapped skin. Spermaceti was gathered during whaling and quite valuable. It was also used for candles and cosmetics. Thomas Jefferson…
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Hygieia / Salus
The Greeks called her Hygieia. The Romans called her Salus. She was the daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine. On ancient Roman coins, Salus is…