Duke University Medical Center Archives; circa 1944. Members of the 65th General Hospital demonstrate a therapeutic rowing machine..

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Title
Members of the 65th General Hospital demonstrate a therapeutic rowing machine.
 
Members of the 65th General Hospital demonstrate a therapeutic rowing machine.
Subject
World War II -- Hospitals
Subject
Internship and Residency
Subject
Military Personnel
Subject
United States. Army. General Hospital, 65th
Subject
World War II
Subject
Duke University. Hospital -- staff
Subject
Duke University. School of Medicine -- Alumni and alumnae
Date
circa 1944
Date
2005-03-10
Publisher
Duke University Medical Center Archives
Description
Major Joseph B. Stevens (left), neurologist and executive officer of the hospital, records the actions of Cpl. James B. Millikan, a rehabilitation technician. Millikan is demonstrating a homemade rowing machine while Capt. J. Kent Davis checks the results of the corporal's efforts. Joseph B. Stevens was a member of the Duke Hospital house staff and an instructor in medicine from 1936 to 1946. The 65th General Hospital served as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of Medicine during World War II. Authorized on October 17, 1940, the Hospital was headed by Dr. E. L. Persons (chief of the medical service), Dr. C.E. Gardner, Jr. (chief of the surgical service), and Miss Julia E. White (Chief Nurse). After substantial training, the Hospital was deployed overseas to Worcestershire, England, where hospital staff treated patients from the Air Force and others transferred there for care. The unit consisted of male and female doctors and nurses who all had some connection to Duke University, creating a mix of faculty, medical and nursing school graduates, and current or former house staff. Members of the 65th handled a constant stream of front-line casualties from heavy bomber crews, acute diseases and emergency cases, and acted as a specialty center for neurosurgery, thoracic and plastic surgery, burns, and hand injuries.
Collection
Foundations of Excellence
Identifier
http://medspace.mc.duke.edu:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/2193.1/5849
Identifier
cln00031
Identifier
Photograph & Negative Collection
Identifier
dumca:773
Format
Negative
Relation
Clinical
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