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  • Clothing worn to protect physicians from ultraviolet lights during operation

    Description/Abstract: Male modeling a protective mask, hat, and gown. 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 across the country. This...
    Date: undated

  • X-ray room in Duke Hospital

    Description/Abstract: Equipment in a Duke Hospital x-ray room. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
    Date: undated

  • J. Lamar Callaway's hospital office and x-ray equipment

    Description/Abstract: Callaway's office and patient examination room with x-ray equipment. Callaway (M.D., Duke, 1933) served as a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and professor of dermatology or syphilology from 1933 to 1975. He was chair of the Dept. of...
    Date: 1937

  • Operation under Sterilamp using ultraviolet light

    Description/Abstract: 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