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  • Commencement Program

    Description/Abstract: Commencement program from the first graduating class of the Duke University School of Medicine.
    Date: 1932

  • Dr. John Ridlon

    Description/Abstract: Ridlon in left profile, wearing a light colored suit.
    Date: 1932

  • Ex Libris Niekus Bos Janszen

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Male and female figures in religious attire; caduceus, cat, church, stained glass window, book, and flask
    Date: 1932

  • Bookplate for Ellis B. Freilich

    Description/Abstract: Picture of a bookshelf and a desk with a book and skull on it, as seen through a church-style window. For Ellis B. Freilich.
    Date: 1932

  • Alberta Dozier Williamson Library, Emory University

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Seal of Wesley Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses.
    Date: 1932

  • Carl Henry Davis

    Description/Abstract: Portrait of Carl Henry Davis. Inscription reads “To Bayard Carter with my best wishes Carl Henry Davis.” Painted by Elizabeth Upham Davis.
    Date: 1932

  • Theta Kappa Psi fraternity, Beta Kappa chapter

    Description/Abstract: The Beta Kappa chapter was probably established at Duke in 1931. (Left to right, seated) Noumeer(?), Cree, Peter, Fitzgerald. (Kneeling) Jeffreys, Adams, Frazier, Goy(?) Ricks. (Standing) Calloway, Bridges, Jones, Mahl, Joyner, Boyce. At least...
    Date: 1932

  • Senior medical students

    Description/Abstract: School of Medicine, class of 1932. These senior medical students are members of the first graduating class, a two-year class comprised of transfer students. (Left to right, row 1) Arena, Ward, Lovejoy, Walker, Blady, Wiley, Dalton. (Left to right,...
    Date: 1932

  • Early medical students wearing graduation cap and gown with Dr. Thayer, outside

    Description/Abstract: The class of 1932, the first two-year class, were the first students to graduate from the School of Medicine.
    Date: 1932

  • Harold L. Amoss and George R. Minot

    Description/Abstract: Amoss was a member of the original faculty as professor and first chair of the Dept. of Medicine (1929-1933). George Richards Minot, a Massachusetts physician, was a medical "great" for whom the Minot Ward in Duke Hospital was named.
    Date: 1932

  • Duke Hospital and School of Medicine faculty

    Description/Abstract: Male and female faculty of Duke Hospital and Duke University School of Medicine.
    Date: 1932

  • School of Medicine students

    Description/Abstract: Group photograph of School of Medicine students, class of 1933.
    Date: circa 1932-1933

  • Ivy planting outside of the Davison building during commencement activities

    Description/Abstract: The first class of graduating students, dressed in traditional caps and gowns, plant ivy to commemorate commencement ceremonies. The entrance to the original School of Medicine (completed in 1930) is now referred to as the Davison Building.
    Date: 1932

  • School of Nursing students, class of 1934

    Description/Abstract: Uniformed School of Nursing students on front steps of building. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
    Date: circa 1932

  • School of Medicine graduates, Class of 1932

    Description/Abstract: Class of 1932: Adams, Andrew, Arena, Blady, Bowman, Dalton, Depner, Dupuy, Haltom, Heinitsh, Joyner, Lovejoy, Stevenson, Upchurch, Robbins, Ward, Wiley, and Wilkinson. (From Alumni of the Duke University School of Medicine composites yearbook.)
    Date: 1932

  • School of Medicine graduates, Class of 1932 in gowns and robes

    Description/Abstract: Thirteen members of the first graduating class of the School of Medicine (class of 1932). This class was made up of third-year transfer students. Members of the first graduating class (not all pictured here) included Carlton N. Adams, Lacy Allen...
    Date: June 8, 1932

  • School of Medicine Composite, Class of 1932

    Description/Abstract: Duke University School of Medicine Graduates 1932: C.N. Adams; L.A. Andrews, Jr.; J.M. Arena; J.V. Blady; N.O. Bowman; B.B. Dalton; R.J. Depner; E.N. Dupuy; W.L. Haltom, G.W. Heinitsh; G.W. Joyner; J.F. Lovejoy; R.R. Stevenson; T.G. Upchurch; E.W....
    Date: 1932

  • Students in the first class of the School of Nursing

    Description/Abstract: The first class of the School of Nursing in uniform. The class entered on January 1931 and graduated in June 1933. They were the only class to wear black stockings.
    Date: circa 1931-1933

  • Students in the first class of the School of Nursing, School of Nursing staff, and Duke Hospital nurses

    Description/Abstract: (Three groups from left to right) Staff, including Bessie Baker (dean) at the front of the line, and administrators; first class of the School of Nursing students (in black tights); nurses of Duke Hospital. The first class entered on January 1931...
    Date: circa 1931-1933

  • Duke Hospital Advertisement

    Description/Abstract: Advertisement describing fees and services provided by Duke Hospital.
    Date: 1930s

  • Ex Libris MUDr A. Mossig

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Microscope, lab equipment, medicine bottles, and syringe below the diagonal; landscape painting, books, and flowers above.
    Date: 1930-1958

  • Bookplate for Dr. Gyongyosi Nandor

    Description/Abstract: Egyptian scene showing a reclining woman and her servants. Drawn by Aiglon (Attila Sassy). Publisher: Budapest, Hungary
    Date: circa 1930-1939

  • Faculty and staff of Duke Hospital

    Description/Abstract: Uniformed faculty and staff of Duke Hospital.
    Date: circa 1930-1933

  • Patient examination room

    Description/Abstract: A hospital examination room, with desk and bed. Through the open window behind the desk, the stone of the Duke Hospital building's exterior is visible.
    Date: circa 1930-1936

  • Ophthalmology

    Description/Abstract: A hospital staff member checks a patient’s eyes. The Division of Ophthalmology (located under the Department of Surgery) began with only one clinic per week. It grew to daily sessions, held for a time in the old reading room of the Library. W....
    Date: circa 1930-1940

  • Physician and staff performing surgery in a Duke Hospital operating room

    Description/Abstract: Operating room and hospital staff at Duke Hospital. Staff are wearing facial masks.
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Pediatrics patients

    Description/Abstract: Duke Hospital pediatrics patients shown outside the Duke Hospital building. One child is holding a stuffed toy. Stones on building in picture are multi-colored.
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Medical student members of Nu Sigma Nu

    Description/Abstract: Members of Nu Sigma Nu students who were part of the School of Medicine's class of 1934 (the first graduating four-year class). At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma...
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Early operating room

    Description/Abstract: Hospital staff, patient, and equipment in an early operating room of Duke Hospital. Two female members of the Duke Hospital staff are wearing surgical masks.
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Ophthalmoscope

    Description/Abstract: Ophthalmoscope donated by David C. Sabiston, Jr., MD
    Date: 20th Century

  • Medicine Bottle

    Description/Abstract: Medicine Bottle, Owens-Illinois Glass Company
    Date: 20th century

  • Howard A. Kelly [facsimile signature]

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Kadar Laszlo

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Collage of winged thermometer, syringe, hourglass, psychiatric textbook, and airplane.
    Date: 1900s

  • From the Pilcher gift of old works on medicine to the University of Michigan

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Profile of Lewis Stephen Pilcher in a medallion.
    Date: 1900s

  • Kantor Szel, Konyve

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A sword is stuck in a rock beneath a slender tree shedding leaves.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Med Eugen Korner

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A serpent curled around a cross forms a caduceus; a foxglove in full bloom; a heart
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Jacques Rougier

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: An eye, a burning candle, the sun, mountains, a sailboat, and an open book.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris H. Homer Allen

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Staff of Aesculapius with a serpent against a map of New Jersey.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Harold B. Hermann

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Bertil och Marta Odquist

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Two falcon-headed Egyptian gods holding eye of Horus between them. Below is ankh. Text on verso reads, "Augenarzt Yoram Axel Nilsson."
    Date: 1900s

  • Essex Institute Library. Deposited by the Essex South District Medical Society. Received October 6, 1906.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Seal of the Essex Institute Library
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Stan Sternal

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Three gowned and masked figures surround an operating table.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. H. Boom

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A right hand is held up in front of a figure whose chest is being X-rayed.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Dousdebes

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A woman is lying face down on an exam table while the physician flexes her leg from the knees.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris H. F. Wynman

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Sun, flower in pot, heart, flame, and piles of books.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Hans Stopfer

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A right hand reaches for a valentine-shaped heart among the thorns.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Paul Op de Coul

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A large bird with outstretched wings flies above clouds.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex libris Eugene Somer Flamm.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Hieroglyphic in oval cartouche surrounded by Latin text: vivitur ingenio caetera mortis erunt.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Text inscribed within an oval, the rim of which is marked with ornaments, a serpent, and flowers.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Hollaender

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Two small birds sit beneath a tree which has a heavy trunk, a canopy of large leaves, and some fruit.
    Date: 1900s

  • Dr. Med. Werner Fritze

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Within a triangle a man kneels before a fire emerging from a burning skull. Around the perimeter is a serpent, medical instruments, and "Mein Buch von der Lichte."
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris generously donated to Indiana University School of Medicine

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Open book with motto: Lux et veritas. Caducaeus beneath
    Date: 1900s

  • Iowa State Medical Library

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Head of Hippocrates flanked by a winged Caduceus with two serpents and his name displayed vertically. Greek inscription beneath.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Nicolas Gamaleia [Cyrillic alphabet]

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Med. Herman Smet

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Frontal view of a woman's head that has been divided down the center. The left half is normal; the right half is flayed. "Semper humanior."
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Anna Lerperger

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A nude woman kneels holding onto the staff of Aesculapius with a serpent. She wraps her billowing cloak around a young boy with his arm in a sling.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris George A. Williams

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Galleon-style ship under full sail. The initials "LEX" on main sail.
    Date: 1900s

  • H. G. W.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Monogram initials against background of stylized flowers.
    Date: 1900s

  • Dit boek is van Jan Bloemen

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Bibliotheque R. Blanchard

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Bibliothecula Medica Haroldi Bowditch, Med. Doct. Bostonia in Nov. Angl.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A woman stands at the physician's door holding a urine basket while the physician examines the contents of the urine flask.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. A. Larmande

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Bust of a nude young woman in profile. Behind her is a skeleton in profile. An open book on the left and a harp.
    Date: 1900s

  • Hennepin County Medical Society Library Minneapolis, MN

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Two serpents twined around a staff within an oval frame. Below, a shelf of books, and an ink stand with quill pen.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Haagen Bartram-Jensen

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Naked youth framed by two serpents.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Bibliotheca Astrid & Heino Kokk

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A gowned trio works in an operating room. Behind them is a profile of a head of a large skeleton, inside of which is a seated woman pointing to a location in the brain.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Med. Gerhard Kreyenberg

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Norman Shaftel

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris MUDr Blaz Mikulova

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Woman in surgical attire surrounded by books, Caduceus, and a spray of lily of the valley.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Regii Clinici Ophthalm. Univers. Tubingen.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Classically attired woman leads two male children by the hand.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Laimonis Lizins

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A man is seated at a table, a book in his right hand. He holds a magnifying glass up to his face, which greatly enlarges his left eye.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Robert Libusehuz

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A goblet in which a man and woman stand embracing is balanced on an open book. A serpent winds around the goblet.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris F. M. Groedel

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Nude female kneeling on an open book. She leans her right ear against an enormous heart and holds a serpent in a bowl in her left hand.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Emile Forster

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Surgeon's gloved hands make an incision with a scalpel.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Stefan Buraczewski

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: An open eye.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris MUDr Jan Fiala

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Male figure in 3/4 profile looks at a syringe he holds in his right hand. Surrounded by figures--all ages--in need of medical assistance.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Lucien Bovet

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Two nude figures standing on an open book hold a very large brain between them.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris MUDr J. Janek

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Venus de Milo against backdrop of pelvic bone and a row of books.
    Date: 1900s

  • J. Whitridge Williams

    Description/Abstract: Photograph of J. Whitridge Williams
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Letoublon

    Description/Abstract: 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...
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Otto Pappel

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Charles Thomas

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A male physician examines a female patient's eye. "Voir pour + Faire Voir."
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. Chocholka

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Physician in robes holds in his left hand a large urine flask for a crowd of four men to examine. One man is on crutches with a bandaged right leg.
    Date: 1900s

  • U.S. Public Health Service Library

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Seal of the U.S. Public Health Service: winged Caduceus crossed with anchor.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris G. Stropus

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A masked and gowned head view of a surgeon with rubber gloves and syringe.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Kazimierza Wardzinskiego

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A microscope and books against a decorative background.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. G. Vichard

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Surgeons operating, large sailing ships, nude female figure, coat of arms, pipe, books.
    Date: 1900s

  • Bookplate for Dr. Oskar and Dr. Anna Lerperger

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: A crowned serpent, curled around a caduceus, decorates the elaborate facade of a "gingerbread" house. Patients ring the respective bells of Dr. Oskar Lerperger, an ophthalmologist, and Dr. Anna Lerperger, a pediatrician.
    Date: 1900s

  • Dr. Med. A. Brauer

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Abstract rendering of adult with baby.
    Date: 1900s

  • Milwaukee Academy of Medicine

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Winged caduceus with two serpents inscribed in an oval.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Dr. German Eichelter

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Vignette of three surgeons operating in lower right. An alpine village in upper left.
    Date: 1900s

  • MUDr Otakar Poupa

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Within an arched space, an eye looks up at magnified microorganisms.
    Date: 1900s

  • Library of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Johns Hopkins Hospital Library bookplate.
    Date: 1900s

  • Bookplate for JN

    Description/Abstract: Iris and pupil of an eye.
    Date: 1900s

  • Andrew Thomas Nadell, M.D.

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: a bookcase with a capital "N" superimposed is flanked by medically-related vignettes at the four corners.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris MUDr Milos Sajfert

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Four-armed figure with turban holding up an Aladdin's lamp to illuminate the pages of an open book.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Prof. Dr. R. de Josselin de Jong

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: The motto: "In parvis magnum relevatur."
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Eugene Somer Flamm

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Hieroglyphic in a cartouche surrounded by Latin text: vivitur ingenio caetera mortis erunt.
    Date: 1900s

  • J. Lang

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Large bearded figure in black robes offers bottles of medicine to tiny figures making gestures of supplication.
    Date: 1900s

  • Ex Libris Fritz Volkmar

    Description/Abstract: Bookplate: Large long-necked bird thrusting bill down dog's open mouth.
    Date: 1900s