Kymograph. Electric. 1950s. Brass drums mounted on teak base. Instrument used to measure and graphically record physiological responses: blood pressure, pulse, respiration, muscle contraction, nerve impulses, etc.
Heart-lung machine with heat exchanger and experimental pieces, including left to right: two unidentified parts, Blood Filter, Mayo type Blood Filter, Blood Pressure Gauges, Brown Heat Exchanger, Kay-Cross type of Disc Blood Oxygenator An experimental...
Bertrand rectilinear system. Canada. 1953. Dr. Claude Bertrand, the French Canadian neurosurgeon, introduced his pneumotaxic guide in 1953 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It was based on the orthogonal system combined with rectolinear...
Duke University Hospital Library reading room with only a few readers. Photographed by Walter E. Shackelford.
Durham, NC: Walter E. Shackelford, Custom Photography
Bookplate: Young girl with a flower in her right hand sits on a grassy hillside. Against a mountain backdrop two children carry an oversized crutch. An arch of roses frames the scene with a serpent and bowl on the right and an owl and books below.
Picture of some buildings as they appear from an open window. Several books are on a table, and a caduceus is shown at right. Text in Latin. Drawn by Ada Carazzola.
Bookplate: Physician examines with a stethoscope the chest of a young woman reclining in bed; another young woman stands next to her with great concern.
Bookplate: Seated Eastern male in ethnic dress in a medallion around which is motto: Labeur est mon desduyt. Below two tapeworms form a holder enclosing a mosquito on a pin.
Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].
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.