Uniformed School of Nursing students entering their junior year receive their nursing caps from upper-class students. School of Nursing dean, classmates, and faculty members are also present.
Miss Goff, chair of the Honor Council, and Mrs. Rachel Ann McSwain Harrell, President of the Nursing Student Government Association, hand lighted candles to the freshmen students after they are capped.
R. Wayne Rundles graduated from Duke University (M.D., 1940). He was an associate professor of medicine at Duke University from 1945 until the mid-1980s and served as director of the hematology and chemotherapy service at the Duke University School of...
Phyllis Jane Mertz was president of the preclinical class and a member of the School of Nursing class of 1952. The dean at this time was Margaret Pinkerton (1939-1946).
Pathologist working with a specimen. According to a news article, "in only 2-10 minutes pathologists can report to waiting surgeons whether or not a patient on the operating table has cancer. Here a pathologist uses a 'microtome' to freeze a section of...
At the center, a line of men and women can be seen in front of a large piece of medical equipment. A nurse is using the piece of equipment on a male patient, while another nurse stands behind her.
Phi Chi was a medical fraternity for students of the Duke University School of Medicine. At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, and Phi Chi. These...
Carlin Graham at work. Graham was a professional photographer for Duke's Medical Art and Illustration division. In 1950 Graham left Duke to head the medical illustration program at Tuskegee University.
The Medical Illustration Department was started by Deryl Hart in 1933. Identified individuals are Carlon P. Graham, Henry Floyd Pickett, Raymond Howard, and Neeley Webster.
The Duke Medical Art and Illustration staff (L-R): Carlin P. Graham, Robert Blake, Raymond Howard, [Dorothy Watkins], Orville “Norrie” Parks, [Claire King], Elon Clark, Evelyn Satterfield Lyons, Henry Floyd Pickett, and Neeley Webster.
Lenox Baker graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1933. He served as professor of orthopedics and orthopedic surgery. He was the chief of the Division of Orthopedics (Department of Surgery) from 1937 to 1967.
Josiah Charles Trent received his undergraduate degree from Duke in 1934. From 1939 to 1948 he was on the house staff and assistant professor of surgery in charge of thoracic surgery. He died in 1948. The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation and...
Goldner began his career at Duke University as an associate in orthopedics. In 1949 he was the department's chief resident. He was chief of the Department of Surgery's Division of Orthopedic Surgery from 1967 to 1984.
Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].
Duke Hospital administration internships lasted two years and consisted of supervised responsibility in the major administrative areas of the hospital. Hospital administrative internships were inspired by Dr. Michael M. Davis' Hospital Administration:...
Glen R. Gale using a microscope to study organisms in a laboratory. At age 19, Gale discovered an unnamed organism with remarkable killing powers against dangerous fungi. After graduation from Duke University in 1953 (Ph.D.), Gale went on to serve with...
Bookplate: A physician examines a flask of urine while taking the pulse of a woman. Another woman looks on. Composition inspired by a Jan Steen painting.
Bookplate: Aesculapius with staff in a medallion surrounded by a border with a stag pursued by a hunter with gun, a chemical retort, and a raven. On verso is 04047.
Bookplate: A surgeon operates in the background. The grim reaper is in the foreground. A book is open to an image of a snake curled around a chalice to form a caduceus.
Bookplate: Naked male infant standing atop a pillar urinating into a test tube attached by a clamp to a stand. Around the stand and test tube is wound a snake.
Bookplate: Winged Caduceus with two serpents inside an oval wreath, flanked by books. An oak branch with acorns is laid across a third book lying beneath the wreath.
Bookplate: Framed by an elaborate cartouche, a serpent is wound around a heart to form a caduceus. Below the cartouche is a circle divided into equal quarters; in each section is either an animal or a barrel.
Bookplate: A woman rests her left hand on the trunk of a conifer as she tilts her head back to look straight up into the branches. Her right hand is cupped at her right ear. Several birds are visible.
Bookplate: A large long-beaked bird holds a bouquet of flowers, including foxglove and lily-of-the-valley, in its right claw. The left claw grasps a serpent. The image in inscribed inside a circle.
Bookplate: A young man holds a jar aloft. To his lower right and left are heraldic shields of Hohenfeld and Mainbernheim, respectively. On upper left and right are anatomic cross-sections.
Bookplate: In a medieval interior, an elderly bearded man in long robes tries on spectacles. Another bearded man sits at a table offering other spectacles.
Bookplate: A woman is seated in a large armchair holding a child on her lap. The doctor in a white coat leans forward and looks in the child's mouth. A desk lamp with a caduceus base illuminates an open book in the foreground and a book case with...