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  • Sir William Osler's Story of His Life

    Description/Abstract: Undated biographical manuscript written by Wilburt C. Davison
    Date: undated

  • We Rescue The Men From The U. S. S. Squalus

    Description/Abstract: First person narrative of the rescue the seamen from the USS Squalus, May 1939
    Date: May 1939

  • Anatomy at Duke University Medical Center, 1930-1983

    Description/Abstract: The Department of Anatomy was established in 1930 as part of the original School of Medicine. The name of the department changed to the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy in 1988. Department of Anatomy chairs are as...
    Date: 1930-1983

  • Admissions Requirements

    Description/Abstract: Draft of the original admissions requirements for Duke's School of Medicine and correspondence regarding specific requirements and verbiage of the document from Dean Wilburt C. Davison, physics professor Charles William Edwards, and chemistry...
    Date: 1929

  • Hospital Sketch

    Description/Abstract: Original floor plan sketches of Duke Hospital.
    Date: 1927

  • Alpha Omega Alpha

    Description/Abstract: Documents regarding the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, Duke Chapter. These include a copy of the by-laws, the ceremony program for Duke becoming a member institution, a telegram from Alpha Omega Alpha President Walter L. Bierring welcoming Duke...
    Date: 1931, 1934

  • PA Implementation Era (1966-1972)

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., established the first formal educational program to educate Physician Assistants at Duke University in 1965. His first pools of students were former military corpsmen and medics with prior health care experience. Four...

  • PA Ideological Era (1961-1965)

    Description/Abstract: The physician assistant (PA) profession emerged in the mid-1960s as a social innovation to help physicians meet a growing demand for health care services. After the Second World War, the United States began educating more medical and surgical...

  • PA Maturation and Consolidation Era (1991-Present)

    Description/Abstract: Health care reform provides new opportunities and risk for PAs. States continue to revise legislation, rules and regulations to reduce barriers to use PAs effectively in variety of health care settings. Veterans Administration Medical Centers,...

  • PA Incorporation Era (1981-1990)

    Description/Abstract: Physician Assistant roles expand into all medical and surgical specialties and settings. Workforce studies continued to be positive recognizing PA contributions to the provision of quality, accessible and cost-saving health care services. PAs gain...