The Küntscher nail is an internal fixation device used to maintain the position of the fracture fragments during healing. Dr. Gerhard Küntscher pioneered this method in 1939 and it was used during WWII to quickly heal soldiers. This particular nail was...
Group photograph of the Executive Committee of the School of Medicine, taken in Dr. Forbus' office. The administration of the Duke University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services, and Duke Hospital was performed, subject to the president,...
A steam engine train brings building materials to the site of Duke University, the School of Medicine, and Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21,...
Group photograph of the Executive Committee of the School of Medicine, taken in Dr. Wiley Forbus' office. The administration of the Duke University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services, and Duke Hospital was performed, subject to the...
(Left to right) Richard Sherman Lyman, Wilburt Cornell Davidson, Robert Lee Flowers, Adolph Meyer, Robert Sproul Carroll, and Frederic Moir Hanes. Lyman was chair of the Department of Neuropsychiatry at Duke from 1940 to 1951. Davidson was Dean of the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Stacey R. McCorison on October 12, 2021 by Josephine McRobbie part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. During the interview, McCorison discusses her early life in the Northeast,...