Weekly clinical-pathological conferences offered both students and staff a chance to study in detail pathological findings gained from autopsies and to determine the degree of accuracy of diagnosis made on these patients. Originally published in the...
Nu Sigma Nu, Beta Beta chapter was a fraternity for students of the Duke University School of Medicine. It was founded in 1931. At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu,...
School of Nursing students during capping exercises. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
Susan Dees was professor of pediatrics from 1939 to 1978, and chief of the Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy-Immunology from 1948 to 1974. She established the pediatric allergy training program in the early 1940s.
Donald Hayman shown typing case histories as recorded on a dictaphone cylinder. The Civilian Public Service Unit was established on October 27, 1942 at Duke Hospital under the direction of the Department of Neuropsychiatry. Conscientious objectors were...
Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health & Human Services during the H.W. Bush administration, seated at table with Dr. David Sabiston in the background. Dr. Sullivan was the keynote speaker for this meeting.
Duke Hospital staff of the Social Service Division. The Division of Social Services was founded on September 1, 1937 with the support of Ms. Doris Duke. During World War II, the Social Service Division worked with the American Red Cross to assist...