Dr. Victor Murdaugh, in the tie, is demonstrating Duke's new Kolff twin coil artificial kidney machine for a physician from eastern North Carolina back in 1957-58. Invented by Willem Kolff, MD, of the Netherlands, this kidney machine was one of only...
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...
Mary Poston, James G. Whilden (left), and an unidentified person exampine a specimen in the Poston laboratory. Poston, a member of the original faculty, was an instructor in bacteriology from 1930 to 1960. Whildin (M.D., Duke, 1937) was a member of the...
Hull (seated) observes a Duke Hospital nurse as she breathes through a tube connected to a machine monitoring air flow. Hull used air flow measurements to study oxygen supply and the effects of anesthesia. Hull (Ph.D., Duke, 1946) was an instructor in...
Dept. of Surgery staff in an operating room dressed in protective gowns, gloves, goggles, and hoods. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that...
A hospital staff member checks a patient’s eyes. The Division of Ophthalmology (located under the Department of Surgery) began with only one clinic per week. It grew to daily sessions, held for a time in the old reading room of the Library. W. Banks...
Pathologist working with a specimen. According to a news article, "in only 2-10 minutes pathologists can report to waiting surgeons whether or not a patient on the operating table has cancer. Here a pathologist uses a 'microtome' to freeze a section of...
An x-ray technician of Duke Hospital guides an x-ray camera over a patient's body. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
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...