Physical Therapy students (class of 1947) in old gym. Left to right: Mary Clyde Singleton, PT, (instructor), Isabell Berry, Sally Bassett, unknown patient, Doris Miller (obscured by railing), Martha Parks, Rachel Nunley, Pat Barrett, Winnie Lawson,...
Members of the physical therapy class of 1950 in the basement of Duke Hospital (Physical Therapy department). An unknown physical therapist is in the original treatment pool with a polio patient.
Barbara Dantzler, PT, assistant supervisor; Martha Trotter, PT, coordinator; and Linda Fong, receptionist. This picture was taken in the reception area of the physical therapy department.
Members of the second Physical Therapy class, 1944, with instructor on a clinical visit out of town. From left to right: Edgar Johnson, Bettie Runner, Lucy Straw, John Riebel (instructor, class of 1943).
Unknown physical therapist and patient in the original therapeutic pool, installed in the 1940s or 1950s by Helen Kaiser, PT, Director. At times the pool would overflow and flood the back hall of the basement and occasionally even the post office.
Members of first physical therapy class (1943), left to right: Philip Riddleberger, Barbara Perkins, unknown patient, unknown instructor, John Riebel, Margaret Poole.
Pat Payne (Physical Therapy class of 1955) and Martha Freeman (standing, Physical Therapy class of 1953) with an unknown patient. Picture taken when both were on Duke Clinical Staff.
Helen L. Kaiser and Stuart Sessoms at Physical Therapy Alumni Weekend. Dr. Sessoms is holding a sketch of the new entrance to Duke Hospital, completed in 1966.
Florence Kendall, PT, a nationally recognized and well respected teacher of Kinesiology and muscle testing. She often visited Duke to teach continuing education courses for staff and students.
Eleanor Flanagan Branch in classroom. Given in a scrapbook to Helen Kaiser in 1968. Branch was an alumni class of 1951 and a physical therapy faculty member for 40 years.
Physical therapy students, class of 1947, listening to a lecture. Virginia Whitfield, PT, teaching. Row nearest the blackboard, left to right: Winnie Lawson, Jane Dees, Martha Parks, Sally Bassett, Lois Nordwall; Middle row, left to right: Doris...
Physical Therapy faculty and staff in the old gym area. Front row, left to right: William Schmidt, Helen Kaiser, Carolyn Burnett, Wilma Abrams, Eleanor Flanagan, Beth Usher, Connie Jenks, Robert Federchuck; Back row, left to right: Lois Perkins,...
Division of Physical Therapy staff seated at table. The Division of Physical Therapy has been part of patient services in Duke Hospital since the hospital opened in 1930.
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, during a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The child in the picture is unknown. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the...
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, on a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the brain or spinal cord.