A hospital staff member checks a patient’s eyes. The Division of Ophthalmology (located under the Department of Surgery) began with only one clinic per week. It grew to daily sessions, held for a time in the old reading room of the Library. W. Banks...
A hospital examination room, with desk and bed. Through the open window behind the desk, the stone of the Duke Hospital building's exterior is visible.
Uniformed School of Nursing students on front steps of building. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
Radiology staff standing in front of Duke Hospital. On October 1, 1930 Dr. Robert J. Reeves helped to establish an x-ray technician training program in Duke Hospital which led to the development of the Dept. of Radiology at Duke University. Courses in...
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 University's...
Autopsy seating and observation areas were used for conferences and teaching in Duke Hospital. The handwritten note on the bottom left corner reads "OK. 5 to 7 units as per this sketch. To be built under my direction." The note is signed by Wilburt...
African-American patients and others shown in the Duke Hospital Outpatient Clinic waiting area. The sign on column reads "New patients, colored, register here."
The original hospital lobby, as seen through a wood-panelled doorway or hallway. Patients wait as a hospital staff member sits at the two-sided desk. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at...
Patients or visitors use the main entrance of Duke Hospital. Note the small sign to the left of the entrance: "Do not leave children in car to blow horn."
Bridgers graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1936. He was part of the Duke Hospital house staff from 1936 to 1940. In the early 1940s, Bridgers served with the 65th General Hospital as neurosurgeon for the unit. He traveled to London...