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Start Over Collection Historical Images Documenting Duke Health Subject Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery Location Duke Medical Center Archives

  • Operation under Sterilamp using ultraviolet light

    Description:
    J. Deryl Hart and Dept. of Surgery surgical team in protective clothing operating on a patient under the Sterilamp, an ultraviolet light source hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet...
    Date:
    1937

  • J. Deryl Hart and surgical team operating under ultraviolet lights

    Description:
    Operation under ultraviolet light. Surgeons and others are dressed in protective clothing. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became...
    Date:
    circa 1937

  • Surgical intern Van Fletcher's quarters

    Description:
    Richard Van Fletcher was on the Duke house staff as a surgical intern from 1933 to 1935. He is shown here in his intern quarters.
    Date:
    circa 1935

  • Walter E. Daniel

    Description:
    Walter E. Daniel was on the Duke house staff and an instructor in urology from 1932 to 1934 and 1937 to 1938.
    Date:
    1933

  • Early operating room

    Description:
    Hospital staff, patient, and equipment in an early operating room of Duke Hospital. Two female members of the Duke Hospital staff are wearing surgical masks.
    Date:
    circa 1930-1934

  • Physician and staff performing surgery in a Duke Hospital operating room

    Description:
    Operating room and hospital staff at Duke Hospital. Staff are wearing facial masks.
    Date:
    circa 1930-1934

  • Early operating room

    Description:
    One of the eleven operating and delivery rooms of Duke Hospital. A bed, surgical basin, and other equipment are shown.
    Date:
    undated

  • H. Max Schiebel

    Description:
    Herman Max Schiebel was member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and served as professor of surgery during the early 1930s. He became assistant chief of surgical services for the Office of Civilian Defense, Reserve Unit of the United States...
    Date:
    undated

  • William Warner Shingleton

    Description:
    From 1944 to 1946 William Warner Shingleton was on the Duke Hospital house staff and an associate in surgery. He was also the first director of the Cancer Center at Duke.
    Date:
    undated

  • Kenneth LeRoy Pickrell.

    Description:
    Pickrell was a professor of plastic surgery from 1944 to 1981 and chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery from 1944 to 1975. During World War II, Pickrell was a consultant in chemical warfare at Edgewood Arsenal and assisted with the program of...
    Date:
    undated