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  • 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

  • X-ray technologists Sudie "Ma" Whitfield, Colleen Cooper, and Lyle Upchurch

    Description:
    Cooper and Upchurch watch as Whitfield demonstrates use of x-ray equipment. Cooper and Whitfield were technologists at Duke during the 1940s. Upchurch was employed with Watts Hospital in Durham, N.C. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training...
    Date:
    1946

  • X-ray technology at Duke Hospital

    Description:
    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...
    Date:
    undated

  • X-ray technician Joanna Law Martin examines a patient

    Description:
    Martin guides the x-ray machine over the patient's torso. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    circa 1937-1938

  • X-ray technician Sudie "Ma" Whitfield using equipment

    Description:
    Whitfield was an x-ray technician during the 1940s. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    circa 1946

  • Patient undergoing an x-ray examination

    Description:
    Patient laying on x-ray examination table with machinery above her. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    circa 1946

  • X-ray room in Duke Hospital

    Description:
    X-ray screen, table, and other equipment in Duke Hospital. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    1933

  • J. Lamar Callaway's hospital office and x-ray equipment

    Description:
    Callaway's office and patient examination room with x-ray equipment. Callaway (M.D., Duke, 1933) served as a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and professor of dermatology or syphilology from 1933 to 1975. He was chair of the Dept. of...
    Date:
    1937

  • Technician using an early x-ray camera

    Description:
    An x-ray technician of Duke Hospital guides an x-ray camera over a patient's body. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    undated

  • X-ray room in Duke Hospital

    Description:
    Equipment in a Duke Hospital x-ray room. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date:
    undated

  • Operation under ultraviolet light with an x-ray screen in use

    Description:
    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...
    Date:
    undated

  • Operating room with ultraviolet lights overhead

    Description:
    Operating room with ultraviolet light, x-ray screen, instrument table, and patient bed prepared for surgery. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a...
    Date:
    undated

  • Ultraviolet lights system hanging from operating room ceiling

    Description:
    Completed ultraviolet lights system hanging from the operating room ceiling. 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 accepted...
    Date:
    undated

  • Sketch of ultraviolet lights system for operating room

    Description:
    Sketch showing transformers and special radiation tube installation for operating room ultraviolet lights system installation. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical...
    Date:
    undated