Illustration of a heart in a book. 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 1940 through the 1970s. (Robert L. Blake papers.)
Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Beard seated at micrscope, examining slides. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. Dorothy Beard...
Safety Observers pictured from left to right: Row 1- Betty Cross, Betty Desrosiers, Clara Harris, Dorothy Grant, Essie Evans, Marilyn Blake, Sandra Williams, Annie Tedder, Rosa Herron; Row 2- Linda Starr, Theodore Lee, Ruth Ellis, Marie Scoggins, Ethel...
Therlan Thompson was a veteran of the Hospital’s Central Processing department where she worked as a medical supply assembler. Central Processing, also known as Central Supply, was a division of the Pharmacy Department. They distributed new and...
Delores Ford in her office. She was hired as a secretary first for the operating room at Duke Medical Center in 1969 and then transferred to the emergency room in 1971.
Portrait of William Osler from the lithograph by George Black. Osler is seated in a chair with his right elbow on a table. Signature: “Sincerely yours Wm Osler.”
Bronze bust of Dr. Josiah Charles Trent placed in the reading room of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University Medical Center Library on 10 April 1976. Sculpted by Antonio Salemme.
Photograph of William G. MacCallum. Signature: “W. G. MacCallum.” Manuscript note on verso: “Wm. G. McCallum under whom I learned to be a pathologist, 1923-1930, WDF.”
Sir William Osler with his son Revere (about 2 years of age) on his back, probably about 1898. Inscription: “And on his shoulders, not a lamb, a Kid”!.
Portrait of Harvey Williams Cushing in right profile, looking downward. Cushing is credited with developing neurosurgery, and was a pioneer in studying the pituitary and the hypothalamus.
Portrait of Forkner sitting at a desk, writing. Photograph by Kaiden Kazanjian. Presentation inscription to Oscar Carl Edward Hansen-Pruss “Oscar Hansen from Claude E. Forkner. Nov 1, 1940.”
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One of a series of 11 sketches for his painting FLAK painted while a patient at the 65th General Hospital in August 1944. Given personally to Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison 2 October 1959. Each sketch is signed by Beresford.
One of a series of 11 sketches for his painting FLAK painted while a patient at the 65th General Hospital in August 1944. Given personally to Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison 2 October 1959. Each sketch is signed by Beresford.
Signed photograph of Aldo Castellani. Inscription reads “To Dr. Daniel T. Smith, with very kind regards and best wishes, Aldo Castellani, 20th Oct. 1956.”
Photograph of 1913-1914 Oxford University Water Polo and Swimming Team. Pictured are G. Alchin, A. P. Boor, H. A. R. Boustead, W. C. Davison, C. F. Krige, E. G. Loudoun-Shand, H. A. Mellows, L. P. B. Merriam, C. H. N. Symon, C. D. Thompson, and F. W....
William Osler accompanied by interns, stops en route to the old “post” House to talk with a patient on the grounds of Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley). Portrait by Dean Cornwell is the second in the series “Pioneers of American Medicine.”
A young Dr. Trent. Manuscript note on verso: “Interviewed by Dr. Thorpe, Dec. 20th, 1933 at Dean’s office, Univ. Penna. Med. School, Phila. Hyman I. Goldstein, M.D. Camden 4, N. J.”
Photograph of the Oxford School of Physiology. Included are Sir Charles Sherrington, Sir Gowland Hopkins, Prof. H. M. Vernon, E. A. Woods, Eustace H. Chiver, “George,” Wilder Penfield, Emile Hohman, Miss Collier, C. F. Krige, Prof. Scott, and W. C....
Photograph showing Sir William Osler as a child of seven. He stands at the extreme left. Next to him are his three brothers-the Hon. Mr. Justice Featherstone Osler, the late Mr. E. B. Osler, Sir Edmund Osler, and two sisters. The five figures at the...
James B. Wyngaarden was a professor and administrator of Duke University Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital of Durham, North Carolina. He was chair of the Duke Univeristy Dept. of Medicine from 1967 to 1983.
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...
Aerial view of early Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Construction of the Private Diagnostic Clinic continues toward the rear of the School of Medicine. The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) was organized in 1931. A wing added to the...
Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health & Human Services during the H.W. Bush administration, seated at table with Dr. David Sabiston in the background. Dr. Sullivan was the keynote speaker for this meeting.
Four African American LPN (licensed practical nursing) students and a Duke University Hospital staff member or nursing instructor gathered around a table. The students are enrolled in a cooperative program between Durham city schools, State Vocational...
A School of Nursing student holds an African-American infant patient in the pediatrics ward. Part of the pediatrics ward mural is visible in the background.
Wilburt Cornell Davison, Joseph Beard, and Dorothy Beard standing together. Dr. Davison was the first dean of the School of Medicine at Duke University. Joseph and Dorothy Beard were researchers in the fields of virology and immunology.
Ewald W. Busse in the 1980s. 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...
Joseph Beard with students during an experimental operation. Beard joined the Duke University faculty, serving from 1937 to 1973. He became the James B. Duke professor of surgery in 1946 and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. He received the...
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....
Dr. William Alexander Cleland uses a stethoscope on a young African American pediatrics patient at Lincoln Hospital in Durham. He is assisted by two nurses.
Portrait of Eleanor Easley. In 1934, Easley became the first women to graduate from Duke's four-year medical school program and the first female resident at the hospital. She was a member of the Duke University house staff and an associate in...
Charles Johnson came to Duke in 1967 as a fellow in the Division of Endocrinology. He became the one of the first African American faculty members in the Duke School of Medicine in 1970.
Duke Hospital staff of the Social Service Division. The Division of Social Services was founded on September 1, 1937 with the support of Ms. Doris Duke. During World War II, the Social Service Division worked with the American Red Cross to assist...
The Duke University Medical Center Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) was an automated system that allowed people to travel between Duke Hospital (Duke North) and Duke Clinics (Duke South). The system was launched in 1979 and discontinued in 2009.
Duke Life Flight helicopter with Duke North Hospital in background. In 1985, Duke Life Flight became the first hospital-based helicopter service in North Carolina.