Dept. of Surgery staff in an operating room dressed in protective gowns, gloves, goggles, and hoods. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique...
Sketch showing transformers and special radiation tube installation for operating room ultraviolet lights system installation. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical...
Completed ultraviolet lights system hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely accepted...
Glen Garber, Robert Seese, an anesthetist, and Wilbur Heisey move a patient from the operating room table to his bed. This work was ordinarily done by four people with an attendant on each end of a "draw sheet," an anesthetist and the head and...
Hospital staff attend to a patient in the operating room of the 65th General Hospital during World War II. The 65th General Hospital served as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of Medicine during World War II. Authorized on October...
65th General Hospital operation. (L-R) 2nd Lt. Mary L. Lineberger, 2nd Sgt. Ersul C. Russell, Maj. William Dr. Farmer, 1st Lt. Mona L. Currie. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison,...