A patient lies in an early tank respirator, often referred to as an "iron lung." Respirators were used primarily as treatment for polio. The first tank respirator, credited to Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw, was developed in 1929.
Reba N. Hobgood, social worker and original staff member of Duke Hospital, works with patients at the desk of the outpatient social services division. The Social Services Division was founded in 1937.
Two patients registering at a Duke Hospital outpatient clinic of the Private Diagnostic Clinic. The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) was organized on September 15, 1931 to coordinate the diagnostic studies and to give better care for the complicated...
Patients and staff in a Duke Hospital Private Diagnostic Clinic waiting area. The PDC was organized on September 15, 1931 to coordinate the diagnostic studies and to give better care for the complicated problems arising in the examination of private...
Thornhill is at bat. Onlookers and parked cars are in the background. Thornhill (A.B., Duke, 1936 and M.D., 1940) served on the house staff from 1940 to 1942.
Pediatrics waiting area filled with seated women and infants. Note the train painted on the left wall (Carl Roger’s face is on the front of the train and W.C. Davison is the engineer).
Dietetics staff check over food in the main kitchen before it is sent out to the Hospital wards. The School of Dietetics, in cooperation with the School of Nursing, offered internships from 1930 to 1972.