Operating room with ultraviolet light, x-ray screen, instrument table, and patient bed prepared for surgery. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique...
Patient laying on x-ray examination table with machinery above her. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
J. Deryl Hart and surgical team in protective clothing operating under ultraviolet lights. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely...
Completed ultraviolet lights system hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely accepted...
Cooper and Upchurch watch as Whitfield demonstrates use of x-ray equipment. Cooper and Whitfield were technologists at Duke during the 1940s. Upchurch was employed with Watts Hospital in Durham, N.C. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program...
Duke Hospital staff member with an x-ray screen in an examination room. Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department held weekly...