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  • John W. Everett

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    John W. Everett was professor of anatomy from 1932 to 1978.
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  • Hospital staff with an artificial kidney machine

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    Dr. Victor Murdaugh, in the tie, is demonstrating Duke's new Kolff twin coil artificial kidney machine for a physician from eastern North Carolina back in 1957-58. Invented by Willem Kolff, MD, of the Netherlands, this kidney machine was one of...
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  • Inside view of the Duke Hospital surgical instrument shop

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    Machinery and layout in the surgical instrument shop. The 984 sq. ft. shop was constructed around 1947, following plans by J. Deryl Hart, then chair of the Department of Surgery. In 1949, the shop was opened for the fabrication of surgical and...
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  • Staff in Duke Hospital's surgical instrument shop

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    Hospital staff using machines and tools in the surgical instrument shop. The 984 sq. ft. shop was constructed around 1947, following plans by J. Deryl Hart, then chair of the Department of Surgery. In 1949, the shop was opened for the fabrication...
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  • Clothing worn to protect physicians from ultraviolet lights during operation

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    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...
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  • Therapeutic bed with compressor, invention of J. Deryl Hart.

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    In the late 1920s, J. Deryl Hart invented a variable pressure bed (or air mattress) to ease patient’s bed sores. Hart patented many of his inventions, which also included a pneumatic bed, an operating room supply table, and a surgical basin with a...
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  • Technician using an early x-ray camera

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    An x-ray technician of Duke Hospital guides an x-ray camera over a patient's body. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
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  • X-ray room in Duke Hospital

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    Equipment in a Duke Hospital x-ray room. Duke Hospital's x-ray technician training program was started by Robert J. Reeves in 1930.
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  • Women working in a laboratory

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    Two women, Miss Hale and Miss Rush, at laboratory work table in Dr. Martin's Lab.
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  • Technicians in the laboratory of Walter Kempner using the Warburg apparatus

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    Technicians in the laboratory of Dr. Walter Kempner, professor of medicine. In the foreground is the Warburg apparatus, in which chemical reactions of surviving kidney cells are studies. In the background is a flame photometer, used for...
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