Weekly clinical-pathological conferences offered both students and staff a chance to study in detail pathological findings gained from autopsies and to determine the degree of accuracy of diagnosis made on these patients. Originally published in the...
Faculty and students play ball during the hospital picnic. At bat is Stan Lordeaux (M.D., Duke, 1940). Playing catcher is Dr. Bayard Carter (chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1931 to 1964).
School of Medicine students at the annual senior class picnic, held in June. (Left to right) Robert Biddle (house staff 1940-1942), Archie Eagles (house staff and fellow, 1946-1947), Ernest B. Dunlap, Jr. (house staff, 1939).
Members of Nu Sigma Nu students who were part of the School of Medicine's class of 1934 (the first graduating four-year class). At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu,...
Thirteen members of the first graduating class of the School of Medicine (class of 1932). This class was made up of third-year transfer students. Members of the first graduating class (not all pictured here) included Carlton N. Adams, Lacy Allen...
School of Medicine students performing the 1940 student-faculty show, from OPC to CPC. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke. From L-R: Bill Sellers, Kenneth Brown, Stephen...
School of Medicine Dean Wilburt C. Davison (looking at camera) dining with students and colleagues. This dinner is likely at Turnage's Barbecue, a popular local destination during the 1950s.