Edward S. Orgain

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Description	Edward S. Orgain reading EKG tape, pictured with nurse and patient. Orgain was a professor of medicine from 1934 to 1975. Together with Mary Poston, a bacteriologist, he published extensively on diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in the pre–penicillin era. In 1945 he founded Duke’s Cardiovascular Disease Service.
Date created	undated
Subject	Orgain, Edward S. Duke University. Medical Center. Division of Cardiology Duke University -- Faculty Duke University. Medical Center Duke University. School of Medicine
Identifier	pci_orgain001_02
Resource type	Image
Holding entity	Duke Medical Center Archives
Archival collection	Photograph & Negative Collection

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