Background
The state hospital at Goldsboro opened in 1880 as North Carolina’s first institution to serve the Black mentally ill, and was the second such institution to open in the American South. And while there is a growing historiography on asylums...
Introduction: A low level of social connectedness is a risk factor and a warning sign for suicide, and it is particularly relevant to understanding suicide in veteran populations. Data from psychological autopsies may provide insights into changes in...
Informational pamphlet for patients about the services and treatments at Highland Hospital. Highland Hospital was an institution that treated psychiatric patients in Asheville, North Carolina.
School of Medicine students performing the 1940 student-faculty show, from OPC to CPC. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke. From L-R: Bill Sellers, Kenneth Brown, Stephen...
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
1980 School of Medicine faculty. Row 1 (L-R): David Durack, Herbert Sieker, James Clapp, James Wyngaarden, Harvey Cohen, J. Lamar Caloway, Andrew Huang, Len Lastinger, Yihong Kong. Row 2 (L-R): Wednell Rosse, Allen Roses, Edwin Cox, Sheldon Pinnell,...
Dr. W. David Watkins and J. Horst Meyer dance in the 1986 student-faculty show Back to the Suture. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
A performance of the 1990 student-faculty show Back to the Suture. Pat Kenan, MD '59, in front. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
This desk was presented to Duke Hospital by Doctor William John Dann March 1938. It was formerly the property of the Reverend Henry Montague Butler, D.D.; Headmaster of Harrow School 1859 - 1885; Dean of Gloucester 1885 - 1886; Master of Trinity...
52nd Graduating Class of the Practical Nursing Program; L to R, 1st row: Mary Blue, Ora Riley, Mary Watkins, Christine Williams, Laura Thomas; 2nd row: Sadie Boden, Ella Crawford, Geraldine Roghelia, Josephine Horne, Lynn Johnson, Ruby Griffis; 3rd...
Aerial view of the 65th General Hospital buildings at Redgrave Park, England. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve...
Front of the 65th General Hospital, showing the receiving and disposition hut with shock wards and operating rooms to the left. The idea for a Duke Hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke...
65th General Hospital operation. (L-R) 2nd Lt. Mary L. Lineberger, 2nd Sgt. Ersul C. Russell, Maj. William Dr. Farmer, 1st Lt. Mona L. Currie. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then...
Background: The development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been associated with both genetic and environmental factors. In particular, there is concern that exposure to toxins produced by cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) and...
Postcard of a pharmacy, with medicine jars on shelves. On verso: "A Connecticut Pharmacy, mid-19th century, Yale Medical Library, Gift of Edward Clark Streeter, Reproduced for Associates of the Yale Medical Library." Printed by The Meriden Gravure...
Background: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a potentially vision-threatening malignancy and may be difficult to diagnose as it often appears similar to other lesions such as pterygium and pingueculae. Ocular surface images are easy to...
Picture of a door in Klebs' library, Les Terrasses. A tree can be seen outside of the open door. Text on verso includes "1933, August. Outlet."
Publisher: Lyon: Les Terrasses.
Photograph of a bust of Florence Nightingale at the Memorial located at the Royal United Service Institution. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 39.
Published in London.
A discussion paper distributed by Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to the Medical School Advisory Council (MedSAC) at Duke University on April 10, 1972 providing background information about the physician's assistant program and requesting that the Medical School...
Painting showing Florence Nightingale at Scutari in 1856. Reproduction after the picture by Jerry Barratt. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., Nos. 17 and 18.
This article appearing in the October 1972 issue of The National Board Examiner provides an overview of actions and steps taken by the National Board of Medical Examiners to produce a "national program to certify assistants to the primary care...
A woman in an early nursing uniform attends a sick male patient. The setting seems to be in a hospital because the beds are surrounded by curtains and written orders hang above the beds.
Drawing showing a physician wearing a skullcap talking to a woman. He is sitting in a chair and the woman is standing. An assistant is standing behind the physician mixing something. Various objects are shown in the foreground, including some books,...
Summary
Background
The dural puncture epidural technique (DPE) is a modification of the combined spinal epidural technique (CSE). Data comparing the two techniques are limited. We performed this randomised study to compare the quality of labour...
These are the proceedings of a two-day conference [Second Duke Conference] held on October 26, 1969. Held at the Hilton Inn in Durham, the conference focused upon the legal status of physician's assistants. At the outset of the conference, five...
Background: The parent perspective on the value of family conferences in the intensive care unit is not well characterized. We aimed to characterize parents’ perspectives on the value of and opportunities to improve conferences between parents of...
Photograph of a staff member coming out of a hyperbaric unit. He is wearing surgical attire and a mask. Another man is standing behind him. Several cans lined with plastic are also shown.
Includes 3 volumes:
v. 1. General therapeutic considerations. Prescription-writing. Remedial measures other than drugs. Preventive medicine. Diathetic diseases and diseases of nutrition. 1891.
v. 2. Fevers. Diseases of the respiratory system,...
3 v; ill. (some col.); 23 cm. and I. General Pathology. Morbid Processes. Injuries in General. Complications of Injuries. Injuries of Regions.
II. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. Diseases of Circulatory System. Diseases of Digestive Tract....
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Head shaking induced nystagmus (HSN) and vibration induced nystagmu (VIN) tests for Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction (UVH).
Comprehensive overview of NTDs in pediatric populations in Nigeria through assessment of the reported demographics, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes.
To review available literature and grade evidence of student learning outcomes when taught through cadaveric dissection versus other educational strategies.
Portrait of Albert John Ochsner wearing glasses, in three-quarters right profile. Photographed by Adolf Eckstein. Facsimile signature.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Pare in three-quarter right profile, engraved by W. Holl. From the original picture in "L'Ecole de Medecine" at Paris. Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
In this letter, Godkins explains the Academy's endorsement of the "generic" PA, and asks that surgeon's assistants also be allowed to take the PA certifying exam.