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Duke Hospital, InterGom
Photographer Raymond Howard prepares
to photograph the eye grounds of this pa
tient as her doctor, John Hickam, formerly
of Duke Hospital, looks on.
Jim Wallace, assistant photographer, work
ing in Medical Illustration’s dark room.
Medical Illustration’s “gin Friday,” Marie
Price, and photographers Jim Wallace and
H. F. Pickett preparing material for one of
our surgeons.
Dr. Robert Dovenmuehle (left), research coordinator for the University’s Center for the
Study of Aging, and Professor Elon H. Clark inspect the exhibit prepared by Duke’s Medi
cal Illustration Department for the American Medical Association’s 1959 meeting. Bob
Blake puts the finishing touches on Grandpa’s hair on the exhibit outlining the activities
of the Aging Center.
southeast, has learned his profession
here at Duke under Mr. Clark.
“We’re sorry to lose our senior
people,” Mr. Clark told us, “but we
are proud of the fact that every one
of these people has left us to assume
the responsibility of a department
head elsewhere. ’'
Now just how are these plastie
noses made? A donor, in this case a
f>:entleman about the same age as the
patient who volunteered, lets the med
ical artist make a plaster cast of his
nose. Prom this a wax model is made
and then fitted onto a cast made from
the remaining part of the patient’s
own nose (or car). From this Avax
model the patient’s new nose is mad(^
from a plastic material that closely
resembles human skin. Around the
nose’s edge is an adhesive surface
which makes it stick securely to the
])atieiit’s face. Over the nose a dye
is used to further conceal the lines
where the nose and face meet.
We didn’t see this patient have his
final fitting, but Mr. Clark says that
most of these patients are pleased
with the results. The most compla
cent individual feels more comfort
able in society W'ith two good ears
and a good nose—and for the very
self-conscious jierson, this cosmetic
improvement makes life much more
bearable.
Tattooing Aavay the Scars
Closely connected with this service
is the work done by the medical illus
tration department in the field of
epidermal injections (tattooing) and
opaciue cosmetic applications. Skill
ful tattooing with special dyes can do
nutcli to cover unsightly scars and
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H, F. Pickett, medical photographer, ex
plains, the operation of the department’s
newest piece of equipment, the LogEtron,
to x-ray technician, Mary Jane Lockhart.
This electronic machine sharpens the con
trast of unclear x-rays that cannot conveni
ently be taken again.