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.
An unidentified Civilian Public Service worker at work. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program, conscientious...
Group photograph of pathology staff in military uniform on front steps of building. Individuals pictured may have been members of the 65th General Hospital. Wiley D. Forbus was chair of the department from 1930 to 1960.
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
Main entrance to Duke Chapel and parked cars in the driveway. Duke Chapel, located at the heart of the Duke University campus, was built from 1930 to 1935.
Medical illustration of the aorta, thoracic duct. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1942 through the 1970s. (Robert L....
Hospital staff attend to a patient in the operating room of the 65th General Hospital during World War II. The 65th General Hospital served as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of Medicine during World War II. Authorized on October 17,...
In the 1960 Aesculapian, an artist depicted their interpretation of the "treacherous journey" through the Medical School. The artist, RLR (possibily fourth year student Richard L. Reece), inscribed his work:
"In the treacherous journey through the...
The Beta Kappa chapter was probably established at Duke in 1931. (Left to right, seated) Noumeer(?), Cree, Peter, Fitzgerald. (Kneeling) Jeffreys, Adams, Frazier, Goy(?) Ricks. (Standing) Calloway, Bridges, Jones, Mahl, Joyner, Boyce. At least five...
Olsen worked part time on Meyer Ward and part time in the psychiatric clinic at psychometrics. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry....
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
Arnold began his career at Duke in 1936 as a member of the Duke Hospital house staff. He was a professor of otology and associate professor of otolaryngology and ophthalmology from 1936 to 1941 and 1946 to 1960.
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).
Thornhill is at bat. Onlookers and parked cars are in the background. Thornhill (A.B., Duke, 1936 and M.D., 1940) served on the house staff from 1940 to 1942.
Ernst Peschel was assistant professor of medicine from 1947 to 1972. He wrote extensively on the health implications of colleague Walter Kempner's Rice Diet program.
The Duke Eye Center is also known as the Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Building. Dr. Wadsworth was the first chair of the Dept. of Ophthalmology at Duke, serving from 1965 until 1983.
An aerial view of the first three units of the Bell building and nearby landscaping and cars. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the...
Herr with mice to be used for experimental use in Department of Surgery research on influenza. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry....
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...
Class of 1932: Adams, Andrew, Arena, Blady, Bowman, Dalton, Depner, Dupuy, Haltom, Heinitsh, Joyner, Lovejoy, Stevenson, Upchurch, Robbins, Ward, Wiley, and Wilkinson. (From Alumni of the Duke University School of Medicine composites yearbook.)
Entrance to the Private Diagnostic Clinics, 1960s. The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) was organized on September 15, 1931 to coordinate the diagnostic studies and to give better care for the complicated problems arising in the examination of private...
Side view of the Bell Building. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Radiology, Obstetrics and...
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...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Radiology. Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department held...
Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department held weekly conferences on x-ray technology for medical, surgical, and pediatric house staff....
Dr. Ross helped organize the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Duke University School of Medicine, where he was acting chair of the department from 1930 to 1931 and professor from 1930 to 1952.
Dr. Dennis Bernard Amos (center) working in the lab with two others. Dr. Amos was professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University from 1962 to 1993.
Duke Hospital main entrance and driveway with parked cars. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Prentiss L. Harrison graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1968. He was the first African American physician assistant in the country.
Margaret Bobbitt works in the uniform room of the Duke Hospital Laundry department. In addition to the cleaning of linens and uniforms, laundry employees also mended and patched damaged items.
Duke Hospital staff member with an x-ray screen in an examination room. Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department held weekly...
Staff of the Medical Art and Illustration Division of the School of Medicine. The division was started in 1933 by Deryl Hart, Elizabeth Brodel, and C.W. Richardson. (Left to right) Elon H. Clark, Willard Sheppard, Susan Wilks, Tom Jones, and Orville A....
Originally serving Duke Hospital and School of Medicine, the library began to build its book collection in 1927, well before students began classes and the Duke Hospital opened for service in 1930.
Dr. Young was a house staff and faculty member in the Department of Surgery (1948-1950). Dr. Will Camp Sealy, Dr. Ivan Brown, and Dr. Glenn Young were among the first to determine the benefits of patient cooling by using hypothermic cardiopulmonary...
The Beta Rho chapter of the Nu Sigma Nu fraternity was installed at Duke University on November 21, 1931. Nu Sigma Nu was founded in 1881 at the University of Michigan, making it the oldest medical fraternity in the nation. At least five fraternities...
Dr. George W. Brumley Jr., Director of Newborn Service [Pediatrics] displaying type of electrode (scalp electrode) used to determine if a baby is suffering from fetal distress.
Dan Blazer is former Dean of Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine; J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and scientist at Duke's Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health.
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 Public...
Duke Hospital seamstress works at her station. The Duke Hospital Laundry department handled the cleaning of linens and uniforms as well as the mending and patching of damaged items until 2004 when Duke Health System negotiated a long-term service...
Radiology staff standing in front of Duke Hospital. On October 1, 1930 Dr. Robert J. Reeves helped to establish an x-ray technician training program in Duke Hospital which led to the development of the Dept. of Radiology at Duke University. Courses in...
(From left to right) Eugene Brown, pharmacy intern from 1939 to 1940; Thomas Reamer, associate in pharmacy from 1931 to circa 1970; Archie Millis, Lieutenant with 65th General Hospital; and Hunter Kelly, pharmacy intern at Duke from 1940 to 1941.
Sherwood with two pediatric patients outside of Duke Hospital. In 1930, when Duke Hospital was opened, Mildred M. Sherwood was put in charge of the Children's Ward. She was an instructor in pediatrics, and a nurse with the Mobile Medical Emergency Unit...
The 43 Paths for Employee Progress (PEP) Program graduates file in for the Recognition of Achievement Ceremony on August 31, 1971. Ora L. Riley, LPN, was named class valedictorian. Diane B. Evans, LPN, gave the class response at the ceremony. This...
Elon H. Clark at work as a professor of medical art. Clark is adding color to an illustration of a neurological system. Elon H. Clark was director and professor of the Division of Medical Art of the Duke University School of Medicine from 1934 to 1974....
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)...
After serving as an attendant at Duke Hospital and Highland Hospital, John Reibel took special training in physical therapy at Duke, and worked in the physical-therapy clinic. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was...
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.
View of Duke Hospital from across a parking lot. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
In the 1960 Aesculapian, an artist depicted their interpretation of the "treacherous journey" through the Medical School. The artist, RLR (possibily fourth year student Richard L. Reece), inscribed his work:
"In the treacherous journey through the...
Orgain was a professor of medicine from 1934 to 1975. Together with Mary Poston, a bacteriologist, he published extensively on diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in the pre-penicillin era. In 1945 he founded Duke's Cardiovascular Disease Service....
Ewald W. Busse in the 1970s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean Emeritus of Medical and Allied...
This linen postcard comes from a 1945 folder set. The caption reads "D-8--Science Quadrangle, showing School of Medicine in Center, Duke University, Durham, N.C."
Building floorplan layout of Duke Hospital in 1951 showing the wards, entrances, floors, and office suites. The legend includes clinics, departments, storerooms, outpatient area, laboratories, the library, and dining areas. (From Inside Duke Hospital;...
R. Wayne Rundles graduated from Duke University (M.D., 1940). He was an associate professor of medicine at Duke University from 1945 until the mid-1980s and served as director of the hematology and chemotherapy service at the Duke University School of...