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  • Early operating room

    Description:
    Hospital staff, patient, and equipment in an early operating room of Duke Hospital. Two female members of the Duke Hospital staff are wearing surgical masks.
    Date:
    circa 1930-1934

  • Physician and staff performing surgery in a Duke Hospital operating room

    Description:
    Operating room and hospital staff at Duke Hospital. Staff are wearing facial masks.
    Date:
    circa 1930-1934

  • Nurses in operating room during a surgical procedure

    Description:
    Registered nurses administering anesthesia in a operating room of Duke Hospital.
    Date:
    1940

  • Early operating room

    Description:
    One of the eleven operating and delivery rooms of Duke Hospital. A bed, surgical basin, and other equipment are shown.
    Date:
    undated

  • Southern Association of Practising Pathologists meeting

    Description:
    Attendees of the first organizational meeting of the Southern Association of Practising Pathologists. The meeting was organized by Wiley D. Forbus (chair of Dept. of Pathology 1930-1960) in 1935. The association met again in 1937 in Duke...
    Date:
    1935

  • Operation under Sterilamp using ultraviolet light

    Description:
    J. Deryl Hart and Dept. of Surgery surgical team in protective clothing operating on a patient under the Sterilamp, an ultraviolet light source hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet...
    Date:
    1937

  • Operating room of the 65th General Hospital

    Description:
    Hospital staff attend to a patient in the operating room of the 65th General Hospital during World War II. The 65th General Hospital served as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of Medicine during World War II. Authorized on October...
    Date:
    circa 1942-1944

  • Original operating room, view from above

    Description:
    This photograph of the original operating room shows the layout of the room, including the operating table, various equipment, and supplies.
    Date:
    undated

  • Original operating room

    Description:
    Original operating room.
    Date:
    undated

  • Surgeon performing surgery

    Description:
    Duke surgeon performing surgery.
    Date:
    circa 1986