T’age 2
Duke Hospital, InterCom
Supt^^
Cornet
By F. Ross Porter
As tho time approaches for dedi
cating the new hospital addition, we
find ourselves jireatly indebted to a
host of people who have made it pos
sible. It is im])ractical to attempt a
comy)lete listinj' here, but to all of
those who had a ])art in ])roviding this
magnificent structure we address a
heart-felt “thank you.”
Perhaps we can single out Dr. Deryl
Hart and Louis Swanson as not only
representative of all of the people
who contributed so much, but as the
two persons closest to the project in all
of its stages. Certainly, without their
unending and inspired efforts our new
building would not have been the out
standing success which it already is.
More important than any individ
ual is the manifestation in this build
ing of a long term (!00perative policy
b(‘tween medical faculty. The Uni
versity and The Duke Endowment.
This project is perhaps the largest
ever jointly financed by a university
and its medical school faculty and to
our mind marks an important mile
stone in American medical education.
The almost insurmoiuitable financial
problems faced by American univer
sities, and ])articularly by the private
universities, in providing staff and
facilities for medical education are
well known. Voluntary assuni])tion of
an important part of these responsi
bilities by our staff at Duke is an nit-
standing contribution to the tradi
tions of American medicine.
Any university can, with good rea
son, be envious of the continued dedi
cation of our staff to the i)roduction
of men, program and facilities suffi
cient to insure that our contribution
to the health of our peo]ile will con
tinue to be an important one.
HERE IS A LABORATORY in the Out-Patient Department. A medical technician
is shown as she prepares to collect a blood sample from a patient.
PHARMACY
GREATER CONVENIENCE for patients is provided in the beautiful new Out-Patient
department on the first floor. In this photograph, the pharmacy and one of the cashier’s
booths can be seen.