Civilian Public Service workers with a psychiatric patient on Duke Hospital's Meyer Ward

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  • Whitfield Cobb and James Shank use a "wet sheet pack" to quiet psychiatric patients. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program, conscientious objectors, known as C.P.S. workers, were assigned to assist in charting, keeping patient records, and clinical laboratory work.
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  • per00199
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