Staff of the Duke University School of Medicine, Nursing, and Dietetics and Duke Hospital two days before the opening. Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison, founding dean of the Medical School, is on the back row, second from the right
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.
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.
(Left) Conwell-Herzmark Hypertension frame. (Right) Skeleton with Roger Anderson splint and Hoke traction for arm. This course was held Oct. 12-13, 1934 in Duke Hospital.
A nurse speaks on the phone at the two-sided desk in the original hospital lobby. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at the desk during his evening work in the foyer of Duke Hospital...