A performance of the 1990 student-faculty show Back to the Suture. Pat Kenan, MD '59, in front. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
James B. Wyngaarden was a professor and administrator of Duke University Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital of Durham, North Carolina. He was chair of the Duke Univeristy Dept. of Medicine from 1967 to 1983.
Phi Chi was a medical fraternity for students of the Duke University School of Medicine. At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, and Phi Chi. These...
Charles Elliott, C.P.S. worker, assisting a patient with speech correction. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program,...
Nu Sigma Nu, Beta Beta chapter was a medical fraternity for students of the Duke University School of Medicine. At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, and...
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...
View of the hospital's main entrance from across the parking lot. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Aerial view of early Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Construction of the Private Diagnostic Clinic continues toward the rear of the School of Medicine. The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) was organized in 1931. A wing added to the...
Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health & Human Services during the H.W. Bush administration, seated at table with Dr. David Sabiston in the background. Dr. Sullivan was the keynote speaker for this meeting.
Four African American LPN (licensed practical nursing) students and a Duke University Hospital staff member or nursing instructor gathered around a table. The students are enrolled in a cooperative program between Durham city schools, State Vocational...
A School of Nursing student holds an African-American infant patient in the pediatrics ward. Part of the pediatrics ward mural is visible in the background.
William A. Withers takes the blood pressure of a female patient at the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic. William A. Withers served as house staff and fellow from 1937 to 1939.
Unknown physical therapist and patient in the original therapeutic pool, installed in the 1940s or 1950s by Helen Kaiser, PT, Director. At times the pool would overflow and flood the back hall of the basement and occasionally even the post office.
Chief Murray Cato, one of the five divers who participated in Duke's simulated dive to 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the sea, tests the new underwater equipment in the hyperbaric chamber's "wet pot." The test dive was a joint project of Duke and...
Wilburt Cornell Davison, Joseph Beard, and Dorothy Beard standing together. Dr. Davison was the first dean of the School of Medicine at Duke University. Joseph and Dorothy Beard were researchers in the fields of virology and immunology.
Pat Payne (Physical Therapy class of 1955) and Martha Freeman (standing, Physical Therapy class of 1953) with an unknown patient. Picture taken when both were on Duke Clinical Staff.
School of Medicine students at the annual senior class picnic, held in June. (Left to right) Robert Biddle (house staff 1940-1942), Archie Eagles (house staff and fellow, 1946-1947), Ernest B. Dunlap, Jr. (house staff, 1939).
An African-American worker opens the rear end of the ambulance. A guard stands in the emergency room doorway. The original emergency room unloading platform could only accommodate one ambulance.
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.
Ewald W. Busse in the 1980s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry, and Dean Emeritus of Medical and Allied...
Six School of Nursing students in line to receive mail. At least four nurses are cadet nurses. In line are Helen Jones Majette (first from left) and Jeanne Haigh (third from left).
View of Duke Hospital from across a parking lot. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Joseph Beard with students during an experimental operation. Beard joined the Duke University faculty, serving from 1937 to 1973. He became the James B. Duke professor of surgery in 1946 and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. He received the...
Female nurses 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 training. (Back...
Physical therapy students, class of 1947, listening to a lecture. Virginia Whitfield, PT, teaching. Row nearest the blackboard, left to right: Winnie Lawson, Jane Dees, Martha Parks, Sally Bassett, Lois Nordwall; Middle row, left to right: Doris...
Main entrance to Duke Chapel and parked cars in the driveway. Duke Chapel, located at the heart of the Duke University campus, was built from 1930 to 1935.
Medical illustration of the aorta, thoracic duct. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1942 through the 1970s. (Robert L....
Physical Therapy faculty and staff in the old gym area. Front row, left to right: William Schmidt, Helen Kaiser, Carolyn Burnett, Wilma Abrams, Eleanor Flanagan, Beth Usher, Connie Jenks, Robert Federchuck; Back row, left to right: Lois Perkins,...
Group photo of Physiology faculty. (Sitting) L-R: Melvyn Lieberman, Andres Manring, Peter K. Lauf, Edward A. Johnson, Sidney Simon, Lorne Mendell, George G. Somjen. (Standing) L-R: Thamas W. Anderson, Gilbert Baumann, M. Kootsey, Michael Hines, Fidel...
School of Medicine and Duke Hospital staff at a dinner party. Dean of the School of Medicine Wilburt Cornell Davison is seated at the near end of the table, facing the camera. Callaway married Catharine Dater Van Blarcom, an instructor of nursing at...
Marvin Dyck taking a patient's blood pressure reading of a patient with protracted narcosis. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry....
School of Nursing student awardees at recognition service with School of Nursing Dean Ruby Wilson. L-R: Kathy Noble, Lisa Flint, Ruby Wilson, Marshall Sutton, Chris Harris, and Marcia Bacon.
Pediatrics waiting area filled with seated women and infants. Note the train painted on the left wall (Carl Roger’s face is on the front of the train and W.C. Davison is the engineer).
Practical nursing graduates- 20 women and two men graduated from the Practical Nursing Program at the Durham Technical Institute. Their program consisted of a 12-month training period of theory course at DTI and clinical work at Duke. The students are,...
McGovern graduated from Duke University in 1945 (B.S. and M.D.). He served on the Duke Hospital house staff from 1948 to 1949. He received the Markle Award in 1950. The McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center at Duke University is named in honor of...
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
Dr. William Alexander Cleland uses a stethoscope on a young African American pediatrics patient at Lincoln Hospital in Durham. He is assisted by two nurses.
Portrait of Eleanor Easley. In 1934, Easley became the first women to graduate from Duke's four-year medical school program and the first female resident at the hospital. She was a member of the Duke University house staff and an associate in...
Charles Johnson came to Duke in 1967 as a fellow in the Division of Endocrinology. He became the one of the first African American faculty members in the Duke School of Medicine in 1970.
Side view of the Bell Building. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Radiology, Obstetrics and...
Duke Hospital staff of the Social Service Division. The Division of Social Services was founded on September 1, 1937 with the support of Ms. Doris Duke. During World War II, the Social Service Division worked with the American Red Cross to assist...
The Duke University Medical Center Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) was an automated system that allowed people to travel between Duke Hospital (Duke North) and Duke Clinics (Duke South). The system was launched in 1979 and discontinued in 2009.
Duke Life Flight helicopter with Duke North Hospital in background. In 1985, Duke Life Flight became the first hospital-based helicopter service in North Carolina.
Demonstration of the use of the Bridgers Apparatus at the 65th General Hospital. William H. Bridgers was a fellow in surgery and chief of neurosurgery in the 65th General Hospital during World War II. Bridgers (M.D., Duke, 1936) was a member of the...
Whitfield Cobb and James Shank use a "wet sheet pack" to quiet psychiatric patients. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the...
Donald Hayman shown typing case histories as recorded on a dictaphone cylinder. The Civilian Public Service Unit was established on October 27, 1942 at Duke Hospital under the direction of the Department of Neuropsychiatry. Conscientious objectors were...
Josiah Charles Trent received his undergraduate degree from Duke in 1934. From 1939 to 1948 he was on the house staff and assistant professor of surgery in charge of thoracic surgery. He died in 1948. The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation and...
An unidentified Civilian Public Service worker at work. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program, conscientious...
Original columbarium in Davison building, unveiled in 1955, and renovated in 1973. This image shows plaques for Dr. Francis Swett, Dr. Frederic Hanes, Dr. William Perlzweig, and Bessie Baker.