Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Surgery. (Partial description of the front row, left to right) Lennox D. Baker, Watt Eagle, Joseph W. Beard, J. Deryl Hart, Edwin P. Alyea, W.B. Anderson.
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.
Veterans Administration Hospital staff. (Front) Alexander Wood, William Tucker, William Deiss, Herb Sieker; (back) John Fulton (?), E. Harvey Estes, Jr., Malcolm Tyor, Henry McIntosh, Mark Bogdinoff.
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...
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.
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...
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...
An early photo of the Hospital lobby. Numerous patients are gathered in the lobby and a hospital staff member is seated at the two-sided. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at the desk...
A patient lies in an early tank respirator, often referred to as an "iron lung." Respirators were used primarily as treatment for polio. The first tank respirator, credited to Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw, was developed in 1929.
Reba N. Hobgood, social worker and original staff member of Duke Hospital, works with patients at the desk of the outpatient social services division. The Social Services Division was founded in 1937.
Jane Elchlepp, M.D., Ph.D., was a professor, member of the Department of Pathology, and assistant vice president for health affairs, planning, and analysis. Elchlepp worked closely with William Anlyan to oversee planning and construction of Duke...
Vera Davis stands in the Central Supply workroom. Central Processing, also known as Central Supply, was a division of the Pharmacy Department. They distributed new and sterilized reusable equipment to laboratories, clinics, and wards throughout the...
Dr. Richard B. Raney fits a neck brace onto an African-American patient in the Orthopaedic Clinic. A nurse assists. Raney served on the house staff of Duke Hospital from 1934 to 1952. Dr. R.B. Raney authored "Primer on Prevention of Deformities in...
Dr. George W. Brumley Jr., Director of Newborn Service [Pediatrics] displaying type of electrode (scalp electrode) used to determine if a baby is suffering from fetal distress.
(Left) Conwell-Herzmark Hypertension frame. (Right) Skeleton with Roger Anderson splint and Hoke traction for arm. This course was held Oct. 12-13, 1934 in Duke Hospital.
Uniformed members of the 65th General Hospital (students, faculty, staff, or alumni) with tents and camping gear on Duke University's east campus parking lot. The Duke Chapel and other campus buildings are in the background. The idea for a Duke...
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...
Patients and staff in a Duke Hospital Private Diagnostic Clinic waiting area. The PDC was organized on September 15, 1931 to coordinate the diagnostic studies and to give better care for the complicated problems arising in the examination of private...
Hamblen came to Duke University in 1931 as a member of the original faculty. He organized Duke's Division of Endocrinology in 1936 as a division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During his career at Duke, Hamblen was an associate...