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Start Over Collection Historical Images Documenting Duke Health Subject Duke University. Department of Psychiatry

  • Dept. of Psychiatry house staff

    Description:
    The department was established as the Department of Neuropsychiatry in 1931 and changed to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in 1994. H. Keith H. Brodie was chair of the department from 1974 to 1982.
    Date:
    circa 1974-1979

  • Hans Lowenbach

    Description:
    Lowenbach was a professor of neurology from 1940 to 1963 and chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry from 1951 to 1953. He returned to Duke as a visiting professor in the early 1970s.
    Date:
    1970

  • Leslie B. Hohman

    Description:
    Dr. Leslie B. Hohman
    Date:
    circa 1950

  • Dept. of Psychiatry staff

    Description:
    Uniformed members of the Department of Psychiatry staff. The department was founded in 1940 following the gift of the Highland Hospital by Dr. Robert S. Carroll. The department was also supported largely by annual grants from the Rockefeller...
    Date:
    1945

  • C.P.S. worker Kirkpatrick in the blood chemistry laboratory

    Description:
    Truman Kirkpatrick, a former industrial chemist, at work in the blood chemistry laboratory of Duke Hospital. 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...
    Date:
    1944

  • C.P.S. worker Chester Maye and study subject

    Description:
    Maye uses wires and probes attached to machines to conduct brain activity studies on a subject. 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...
    Date:
    1944

  • C.P.S. worker maintaining machinery

    Description:
    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...
    Date:
    1944

  • Civilian Public Service assistant director Brotsman and attendant Melvern Leisy working on Meyer Ward

    Description:
    Paul Brotsman kept records, acted as liaison between the unit and the Selective Service, The Methodist Commission on World Peace (administering agency for the Duke C.P.S. unit) and Duke officials. He also worked part-time on Meyer Ward and in the...
    Date:
    1944

  • Civilian Public Service worker Eldon Morse drawing blood from a blood bank patient

    Description:
    Morse draws and tests blood from donors in the blood bank. 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...
    Date:
    1944

  • Civilian Public Service workers with a psychiatric patient on Duke Hospital's Meyer Ward

    Description:
    Whitfield Cobb and James Shank use a "wet sheet pack" to quiet psychiatric patients. 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...
    Date:
    1944