Robert Lee Flowers addresses faculty and house staff during the tenth anniversary celebration of the School of Medicine, held from November 29-30, 1940. Flowers was President of Duke University from 1941 to 1949.
Doctors and a nurse prepare a cast on a patient’s arm in the plaster room of the Orthopaedic Clinic. (Left to right) Dr. Warner Wells (A.B., Duke, 1934 and M.D., Duke, 1938; house staff and associate in Surgery from 1938 to 1945), Dr. Laszlo Ormandy...
Bridgers graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1936. He was part of the Duke Hospital house staff from 1936 to 1940. In the early 1940s, Bridgers served with the 65th General Hospital as neurosurgeon for the unit. He traveled to London...
Uniformed members of the 65th General Hospital (students, faculty, staff, or alumni) with tents and camping gear on Duke University's east campus parking lot. The Duke Chapel and other campus buildings are in the background. The idea for a Duke...
Female nurses of the 65th General Hospital at a formal going-away party held at the Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, N.C.. The party was held on July 15, 1942, just twelve days after receiving orders to report to Ft. Bragg, N.C. for training. (Back...
Students, faculty, or interns study in the reading room of the School of Medicine Library (later known as the Medical Center Library). One student is using the card catalog.
Duke Hospital administration internships lasted two years and consisted of supervised responsibility in the major administrative areas of the hospital. Hospital administrative internships were inspired by Dr. Michael M. Davis' Hospital Administration:...
Duke Hospital house staff from the Department of Surgery. Julian Deryl Hart was chair of the Dept. of Surgery during this time. The majority of the individuals in this photograph were on house staff between 1944 and 1950. (From left to right, Row 1)...