HOSPITAL
DUKE
VoLI, No. 7 y . MO. :
April, 1955 Durham, N. C.
Physical Therapy Gets Boost
Dr. William S. Lynn
Markle Grant
Puts Duke First
Duke University Medical School
lias just received its seventh $30,000
Markle Foundation scholarship, the
highest number amon" medical schools
tlirou^diout the United States and
Canada.
This year’s Duke reci])ient is ti
Virginian, Dr. William S. Lynn, for
mer intern and resident, who will
rejoin the Duke staff as associate in
medicine on July 1. The five-year
Markle grant becomes effective at that
time.
Dr. Lynn is one of 22 physicians
at medical schools throiighout North
America honored in the 1955 annual
])ro;ram of the John and Mary R.
Markle Foundation of New York,
aimed at aiding promising young sci
entists to imj)rove themselves as medi
cal teachers and researchers.
“We welcome the Markle grant
and take pride in the program be
cause it gives Tis the best possible
cluince for the all-around develop-
(Co)itinncd on page 6)
A $12,400 grant which will enable
Duke to double the number of stu
dents in the Physical Therapy course
at Duke has been approved by the
Office of Vocational Kehabilitation
for the Department of Healtli, Edu
cation and Welfare in Washington,
D. C.
Word was received by Miss Helen
Kaiser, assistant professor of rehabil
itation in charge of the division of
physical therapy at Duke, from
Charles 11. Warren, director of re
habilitation for the Department of
Public Instruction, Raleigh.
The grant, for a period of eleven
nu)uths, will make it possible to en
roll 24 students in the course begin
ning October, 1955 and will provide
an additional i)hysical therapist and
graduate assistantshii)s in i)hysical
thera])y in the areas of jihysiology
and anatomy.
The only physical therapy course
Social Service Host
For Special Program
Duke Hospital’s Social Service De-
])artment was host to 25 welfare de
partment sui>erintendeuts from Dur
ham and 25 surrounding counties on
March 24 for an all-day program.
Dr. Davison and Mr. Porter greeted
the visitors, after which talks were
given by J. Minetree Pyne, Mrs.
Burke llobgood, John McBryde, who
discussed the administration of can
cer, vocational rehabilitation and
Crippled Children’s programs, and
Miss Janet Wien and Miss Merle
Foeckler of the Social Service De-
])artment, who discussed mutual jirob-
lems of working with clients and pa
tients.
A luncheon and tour of Duke Hos
pital were other meeting highlights.
offered in the State of North Carolina,
the program was initiated in 1943
under Miss Kaiser’s direction. The
15-month course is offered following
gradiuition from college.
X-Ray Expansion
In Final Stages
Planning of two years will eidmi-
nate the first of May, with the open
ing of two com])lete X-Uay rooms in
the X-Ray Department.
The additions, which were converted
from former liouse staff' call rooms,
will i>rovide 25 per cent more space
for the De])artnu?nt’s work.
According to Dr. Robert Reeves,
the department will be able to take
care of many nu>re patients, increas
ing the niunber of X-Ray examina
tions, as well as increase research
studies.
One room will lu)use a new image
amplifier, purchased by Dr. Markee
through a ])o]io grant. l'h(> el('(!tronic
instrument intensifies the fluoroscopic
jjnage sonu^ 250 tinu*s and will be in
valuable in gastro-intestinal stmlies.
'Phe other room will contain the
new type Swedish angio-cardiograpliic
canu'ra for use in heart studies and iii
making certain motion i)ictures for in
structive jiurposes in student teach
ing.
Within recent montlis, the X-iiay
darkroom has also been renovated and
enlarged, which makes for greater
efficiency for developing of iiictures
and for viewing the films.
Don’t miss Medical Town Hall
on WTVD Sunday, April 24, at
5:00 p.m.