Cliveden was Nancy and Waldorf Astor’s estate in Buckinghamshire, England. The Astors had the hospital built on their tennis courts. It was run by the Canadian Red Cross, and was dismantled at the end of the First World War. Osler served as head...
Helen Kaiser in the Helen L. Kaiser Library. The plaque text reads: "This library has been designated the Helen L. Kaiser Library by the Board of Trustees of Duke University in honor of Helen Louise Kaiser, R.P.T. for her dedicated service to the...
Illustration of a heart in a book. 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 1940 through the 1970s. (Robert L. Blake papers.)
Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Beard seated at micrscope, examining slides. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. Dorothy Beard...
52nd Graduating Class of the Practical Nursing Program; L to R, 1st row: Mary Blue, Ora Riley, Mary Watkins, Christine Williams, Laura Thomas; 2nd row: Sadie Boden, Ella Crawford, Geraldine Roghelia, Josephine Horne, Lynn Johnson, Ruby Griffis; 3rd...
The Duke Hospital Auxiliary was started in 1950, and Betty Leach started to do volunteer work them in 1956, shortly after moving to Durham. She was vital to the founding of the “Pink Smock” gift shops at Duke Hospital. These stores grew from a simple...
Employees utilize the Hospital cafeteria’s new fast food section where they are able to pick up their selections and go directly to the cashier. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom.
Safety Observers pictured from left to right: Row 1- Betty Cross, Betty Desrosiers, Clara Harris, Dorothy Grant, Essie Evans, Marilyn Blake, Sandra Williams, Annie Tedder, Rosa Herron; Row 2- Linda Starr, Theodore Lee, Ruth Ellis, Marie Scoggins, Ethel...
Duke employees (pictured left to right) Helen Russell, Virginia Whitman, Margie Wilkins sort first-class mail arriving at the mail room. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of Intercom.
Therlan Thompson was a veteran of the Hospital’s Central Processing department where she worked as a medical supply assembler. Central Processing, also known as Central Supply, was a division of the Pharmacy Department. They distributed new and...
Duke mail room employee Geneva Westbrook distributes letters to the post office boxes from the back. Most people would only see these boxes from the outside. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of the Intercom.
Delores Ford in her office. She was hired as a secretary first for the operating room at Duke Medical Center in 1969 and then transferred to the emergency room in 1971.
Duke University School of Medicine First Year Students, 1971: R.C. Agner; J.R. Allison, III; L.B. Andrew; L.C. Area; L.K. Arnold; R.M. Austin; E.R. Baker; R.M. Ball; L. Barnes; G.P. Beardsley; M.J. Becker; F.F. Bolander, Jr.; A.A. Bonin; E.I. Bonner,...
Portrait of Georg Gottlob Richter. He is standing near a table with his left hand on top of an upright book. He is pointing with his right hand toward a coat of arms. Drawn and sculpted from life by Ge. Dan. Heumann. Engraved by la Cour de S. M. Brit....
Duke University School of Medicine New Students, October 1949: Adams, R.H., Jr.; Appen, R.C.; Ayerst, R.I.; Bacos, J.M.; Baer, B.L.; Bell, W.R.; Berlin, M.; Berry, J.N.; Blackard, E.H., Jr.; Bondurant, S., Jr.; Boren, R.B., III; Brice, G.W., Jr.;...
Dr. Joseph Beard and Dorothy Beard worked together to isolate and identify cancer viruses that cause leukemia in chickens. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973.
Dr. and Mrs. Smith at their 50th wedding anniversary reception at the Carolina Inn. Dr. Smith was the James B. Duke Professor of Microbiology; chair of the Department of Microbiology (1930-1958); and associate professor of Medicine in the division of...
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...
The Medical Center Library’s Historical Images in Medicine (HIM) collections encompass over 3,000 photographs, illustrations, engravings, and bookplates from the history of the health and life sciences. Special collections in HIM include Bartisch’s...
Picture showing Louis Pasteur giving a vaccination against rabies to a small child. A number of people are standing and observing the event. A woman is holding the child for Dr. Pasteur. A person dressed in a white robe and holding a cane is shown in...
One of a series of 11 sketches for his painting FLAK painted while a patient at the 65th General Hospital in August 1944. Given personally to Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison 2 October 1959. Each sketch is signed by Beresford.
One of a series of 11 sketches for his painting FLAK painted while a patient at the 65th General Hospital in August 1944. Given personally to Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison 2 October 1959. Each sketch is signed by Beresford.
One of a series of 11 sketches for his painting FLAK painted while a patient at the 65th General Hospital in August 1944. Given personally to Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison 2 October 1959. Each sketch is signed by Beresford.
Photograph of a part of a hyperbaric chamber and its control panel. One staff member is seated at the panel, and another is working at the hyperbaric chamber. Photographed by Thad W. Sparks, Duke University Photographer.
Photograph of three uniformed men sitting on fire buckets when a sign is clearly marked "These Buckets for Fire Only" from the archive of Charles Reed.
Photograph along long side of one permanent structure within Evacuation Hospitals One. Building is notable for its numerous windows and chimneys. From the archives of Charles Reed.
This photograph shows two groups of two men gathered outside wooden barracks at the US Army Medical Reserve Corps' Evacuation Hospital One. From the archives of Charles Reed.
Physick sitting at a desk, resting his left arm on the desk and holding a folded piece of paper in his right hand. Painted by Henry Inman, engraved by R. W. Dodson. Painted for the Medical class of the University of Pennsylvania. Facsimile signature.
Photograph of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholz from page 84 of Sharpey's Album. Helmholz was a sensory physiology. Photographed by Hugo Quaas.
Part of an album of eminent scientists, surgeons, etc. with a collection of autographed letters and 17...
Photograph of Albert Kolliker from page 70 of Sharpey's Album. Kolliker was a comparative anatomist and physiologist. Text in Russian on verso. Photographed by Dauthendey.
Part of an album of eminent scientists, surgeons, etc. with a collection of...
Photograph of Morris Fishbein. This photograph was taken on occasion of the announcement that Dr. Fishbein had been added to the editorial staff of Postgraduate Medicine.
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Seeley G. Mudd building from the top of Duke North. The Duke University Medical Center Library occupies the upper four floors. Duke Chapel is visible to the right in the distance. View 2.
Front view of the exterior of the Duke University Medical Center Library before the covered walkway was built. Duke North is visible in the background.
Autographed photo of Janos Bokay with presentation inscription in German to Dr. Wilburt C. Davison. Signature of W. C. Davison on back of framed photograph. Gift of Jay Arena, M.D. May, 1967.
Portrait of William Osler from the lithograph by George Black. Osler is seated in a chair with his right elbow on a table. Signature: “Sincerely yours Wm Osler.”
Full length portrait showing Florence Nightingale standing in a hospital ward by the bed of a wounded soldier. Text: "The Poetry by C. A. Somerset, The Music by W. West, Dedicated By Permission To Miss Burdett Coutts, And Sung By Miss Pearce." In lower...
Medallion by G. Prudhomme with left profile of Pasteur on one side and picture of a girl representing "Science" on the other. From the collection of John P. McGovern, M.D.
Tuesday morning conference in the old autopsy room at Bay View. Facilities were used for the instruction of Hopkins Medical students. The material used at these conferences was brought to Duke and formed the basis of the original Duke collection which...
Portrait of Parrish facing left. From the original painting in the possession of the family. Drawn by Street, engraved by Albert Rosenthal. Facsimile signature.
Photograph of an unpainted house, prerestoration. Text at bottom: "Belroi Birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed, Gloucester Virginia. D. N. Davidson." Presented to the Duke Hospital by Clarence Porter Jones.
Surgical saw with elaborately tooled frame handle. It is displayed with a copy of Gersdorff's "Feldbuch der Wundtartzney" which has been opened to an illustration of a surgeon using a similar saw.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 4.
Cartes de visite photograph of George Biddell Airy from page 20 of Sharpey's Album. Airy was an astronomer. Photographed by John Watkins.
Part of an album of eminent scientists, surgeons, etc. with a collection of autographed letters and 17 small...
Cartes de visite photograph of Richard Owen from page 18 of Sharpey's Album. Owen was involved in the study of comparative anatomy. The number 11005 appears on verso.
Part of an album of eminent scientists, surgeons, etc. with a collection of...
17th century copy of a late 14th century Persian manuscript treatise on anatomy showing a diagram of the bones. Slide 2. Located at: qS Mansur 15th century.