Aerial view of Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Uniformed male members of the 65th General Hospital at a formal going-away party held at the Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, N.C.. The party was held on July 15, 1942, just twelve days after receiving orders to report to Ft. Bragg, N.C. for...
Construction was started September 1, 1927 and was completed in 1930. The original main entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison Building.
Uniformed Duke University Dietetics Program students get together in Duke Gardens for the 1 o' clock kick. (Left to right) Anne Tyor, Betty Lang Thorne, Gwen Pfifer Gregg, Betty Jessup Martin, Shirley Kennedy Thorne, Betty Bonden, Erin Ross Atwood,...
James B. Wyngaarden was a former professor and administrator of Duke University Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital of Durham, North Carolina.
Two patients registering at a Duke Hospital outpatient clinic of the Private Diagnostic Clinic. The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) was organized on September 15, 1931 to coordinate the diagnostic studies and to give better care for the complicated...
Officers in uniform. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve unit's original core, activated in July 1924, consisted of...
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 technique...
Dietetics staff check over food in the main kitchen before it is sent out to the Hospital wards. The School of Dietetics, in cooperation with the School of Nursing, offered internships from 1930 to 1972.
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics. (Back row left to right) Charles Houston Gay (A.B., Duke, 1929; M.D. Duke, 1933), Wilburt Cornell Davison (dean of the School of Medicine, 1927-1960), Angus McBryde...
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, during a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The child in the picture is unknown. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the...
New officers for the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) organization pose with candles. Pictured from left to right: Ethel Hopkins, Mary Davis, Geneva Sanders, Nannie Choates, Eleanor Van Hook, Janet Lynch.
Scullery/dishwashing kitchen area of the newly constructed Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Patients and hospital staff interact in the Duke Hospital outpatient clinic waiting room. Between 1930 to 1940, approximately half a million visits were made to the outpatient clinic (referred to early on as the OPC). By the early 1950s, an average of...
Kitchen area of newly constructed Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Hansen-Pruss came to Duke University in 1930 as a member of the original faculty of the Duke University School of Medicine. Hansen-Pruss originated the Allergy Clinic in 1930 and became chief of the Allergy Service. He served as chief of the...
Portrait of Hospital Administration Alumni Seminar participants. First row (L to R): George P. Harris, James M. Devane, Louis E. Swanson, Hugh Johnson (?), Jim Warden (?), Bill Smith. Second row: Minetree Pyne, ?, Bob Nordham, ?, Ted Clapp, Rush...
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...