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Start Over Collection Historical Images Documenting Duke Health Subject Duke University. Department of Psychiatry Year 1940 to 1944

  • 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

  • Raymond S. Crispell

    Description:
    Crispell was a professor of psychiatry with the Dept. of Psychiatry from 1933 to 1946. He served during World War II as a lieutenant commander with the United States Naval Reserve Office.
    Date:
    1940

  • 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

  • Doctors assisted by Civilian Public Service worker Francis Troyer and Henry Hill

    Description:
    Assistants Troyer and Hill operating on a rat to learn more about hypertension. Troyer also worked in the Department of Surgery's experimental surgery division and the hospital emergency room. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.)...
    Date:
    1944

  • Civilian Public Service worker serving meals to a patient

    Description:
    Meals are served to patients in a special dining room on the psychiatric ward of Duke Hospital. Cyril McKinnon and George Mohlenhoff are cleaning up the dining area. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized...
    Date:
    1944

  • Civilian Public Service worker John Olson administering a test to a patient

    Description:
    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...
    Date:
    1944