Ends the Question
•
A new punctuation mark called an interrobang—some
thing like a cross between an exclamation point and a ques
tion mark—has been suggested by an item in the Wall Street
Journal. The interrobang would be appropriate as a climax
symbol to questions that one can only answer with a shrug,
a sneer, an expression of resignation, or a glance of daggers.
Says the editor of Medicine at Work, the interrobang might
well mark perfect endings for statements such as these:
Patients: What are the chances of injecting it in my arm,
instead /
Isn’t that a rather personal questio7i, doctor /
Physicians: Now, that didn’t hurt a bit, did it /
How can I examine your throat, son, if your teeth are
covering my fingers /
You say you can’t cut down to a pack a day because y&u
already smoke less than that /
From Hospital Topics, November, 1964
Charles C. Boone Neil S. Bucklew John M. Dozier
Three Leave Prominent llnke Positions!
Dr. C. R. Stephen
Dr. C. Ronald Stephen, who
for tlie i)ast sixteen years has
been professor and chief of the
Division of Anesthesia, has ac
cepted a position at the Parkland
Memorial Hospital, of the Uni
versity of Texas, in Dallas, as
professor of anesthesiology and
provost of the Department of
Anesthesia.
During the intervening years
since his arrival at Duke in 1950,
Dr. Stephen gave and produced
much in the division under his
direction. The staff, alone, in
creased in size from one anes
thesiologist and seven nurse an
esthetists to a staff of 12 anes
thesiologists, 15 residents, and
10 nurse anesthetists. He estab
lished a residency program that
drew young physicians from all
corners of the globe, and to date
over 125 residents have trained
under him.
The intervening years have
also seen much given to the
anesthesia profession by Dr.
Stephen. He has researched ex
tensively in his field, has writ
ten over one hundred scientific
papers, and is tlie author of two
books, one on pediatric anes
thesia and one on the anesthetic
drug Halothane. He has also
traveled extensively, lecturing in
many countries; and in 19()4 he
spent two months as visiting lec
turer to Australia’s medical
schools and hospitals.
Dr. Ste])hen has also super
vised the clinical evaluation of
numerous new drugs and new
teclnu(iues at the medical center.
His innovation of the “Duke In
haler” for Trilene was ijitro-
duced in 1952. (This gas was
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used as an adjunct to other
drugs for setting fractures,
dressing burns, and some types
of surgery; self-administered, it
was (piite i)opular in obstetrical
cases.) The first use made of
the new drug Halothane in the
United States was at Duke in
1956, when the drug was ad
ministered with the use of a new
vaporizer designed especially for
that purpose by Dr. Stephen and
another anesthesiologist. Dr. L.
W. Fabian, and the Xewton In
strument Co. Today, with the
F.X.S. vaporizer, Halothane has
become one of the most widely
used anesthetic agents.
His many achievements have
won him many honors, including
his election to membership in
anesthesia’s most exclusive so
ciety, the Academy of Anes
thesia and the selection of Dr.
Stephen to membership in the
Royal College of Surgeons in
England.
Dr. Stephen has gone, but his
presence will be felt for years
to come.
Mr. Charles C. Boone, assis
tant administrative director of
Duke Medical Center for almost
seven years, has accepted a posi
tion as administrator of Spartan
burg General Hospital, Spartan
burg, South Carolina.
He assumed his new position
September 1.
“A key member of the medi
cal center’s administration, Mr.
Boone will be sorely missed,”
said Charles H. Frenzel, admin
istrative director. He added,
however, that the Duke admin
istration is j)leased that ]\Ir.
Boone had been given the top
administrative post at the 500-
bed Spartanburg hospital.
Before coming to Duke in Jan
uary, 1960, Mr. Boone had been
administrator of Barnwell Coun
ty Hospital, Barnwell, South
Carolina for TVs years.
XEIL S. BUCKLEW
Mr. Neil S. Bucklew, director
of medical center personnel
since July, 1965, resigned from
his position September 1 to work
on a Ph.D. in industrial relations
at the University of Wisconsin
in Madison.
ilr. Bucklew joined the staff
of the personnel office in Febru
ary, 1964, as assistant ])ersonnel
director. For the past two years,
he lias been working on a part-
time basis on an M.S. degree in
personnel administration at the
A federal grant of $335,000
has been awarded to Duke Uni
versity to expand the rehabilita
tion facilities at Duke Medical
Center, the State Medical Care
Commission has announced.
The total cost of the expanded
facilities will be related to the
Department of Surgery and will
involve orthodontics, hearing
and sj)eeeh, and general rehabili
tation of surgical i)atients.
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, which he completed
in June.
“Neil Bucklew has accom
plished a great deal in further
ing the personnel program at
the Duke Medical Center,” said
Mr. Charles H. Frenzel, ad
ministrative director. “We are
pleased that he has this wonder
ful opportunity to continue his
education, but he will be sorely
missed.”
Until a replacement is select
ed, Mr. Cecil McClees will be
acting director of medical cen
ter personnel.
JOHN M. DOZIER
John M. Dozier, business man
ager of Duke University, ended
an 18-year administrative career
with the institution when he left
September 1 to become Vice
President for Financial Affairs
at Macalester College in St.
Paul, Minn.
At Macalester, Mr. Dozier will
be in charge of the total non-
academic division, including de
velopment as well as business
and financial affairs. At Duke
he has served as business man
ager, responsible to the vice pres
ident for business and finance.
Appointed business manager
of Duke in 1961, he previously
had served three years as assis
tant bu.siness nmnager and four
years as secretary of the univer
sity.
Facilities will consist primari
ly of treatment and examination
rooms for clinically oriented
outpatient service.
Involved will be an addition
to Baker House. It will be two
stories with a full basement.
Architects retained for the
project are E. Todd Wheeler and
Perkins and Will of Washing
ton. Working drawings are now
nearing completion.
Rehab Facilities To Be Expanded
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VOL. 13 NO. 6/1966