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VOLUME 23, NUMBER 29
JULY 23,1976
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Aimed at Economy^ Convenience
Construction Starts on Hemodialysis Center
Construction has started on a new
$280,000 hemodialysis building here.
The new facility, to be completed
by December, will bring together for
the first time in many years all of the
outpatient renal dialysis services
offered by Duke Hospital, according
to Dr. Roscoe R. Robinson, chief
executive officer of the hospital and
head of the Division of Nephrology.
Dialysis patients are those who
must have their blood cleansed of
impurities by a machine two or three
times a week, because their kidneys
are not functioning properly.
Located on Morreene Road about
200 yards west of its Erwin Road
intersection, the Hemodialysis
NEW QUARn^ Tor duke DM/.yS/S—This is the architect's
sketch of the S280,000 Hemodialysis Center under construction
near Morreene and Erwin roads. It will bring together In one
place Duke's outpatient kidney dialysis services. The new
center is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Symbols of Courage Missing for Women
In Myths and Dreams^ Says Psychologist
By Joe Sigler
in myth, dreams and history, the
hero is a clear model of courage and
masculinity, reinforcing his own
image of himself with acts of heroism.
But the heroine, on the other
hand, "is not a true counterpart to
the hero, either in mythology or
dreams," a Duke m c d i c a 1
ps\ ciiologist believes.
In fact. Dr. Klaine Crovitz said in a
paper delivered in Paris last
weekend, the heroine is “ill-defined
and practically nonexistent," and
"women do not have symbols of
courage available to them in an
archetype of a heroine."
Women’s Movement
Still, the women's movement of
Kxlay holds out some promise, and
Dr. Chovitz hopefully predicts that
"perhaps the modern emphasis on
development of women will enable
more women of courage to appear in
tiic history books of future
generations."
She lays a large part of the blame,
in t h e W e s t e r n w o r 1 d, o n
Judaic-(]hristian attitudes, which she
sa\ s embody "the good woman as the
enduring, patient, caring and
suffering woman, who exists for the
sake of others (and) is an ideal which
excludes the courageous."
Women have not really missed
having a mythic heroine until now.
ONE OF THE COURAGEOUS
WOMEN—Dr. Elaine Crovitz has done a
psychological analysis of six women in
history she believes demonstrated
models of courage. One of them is in the
picture in the book she's holding here,
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to
earn an M.D. degree in America. Medical
psychologist Crovitz spoke on the six
women in a paper she delivered in Paris
last weekend. (Photo by Sally Herndon)
Dr. C]rovitz said, "when hopes and
dreams of new lives are entering
women's consciousness, and women
are seeking ways to be and become
which are different than at any other
time in humai) history."
Heroine Models
But there are heroine models in
history to learn from, and Dr. Crovitz
has come up with six who range
across five centinies and have the
common thread of what the
psychologist calls "moral courage."
rhey are I'eresa of Avila, a 16th
century Spanish nun who was known
as the "mother of the counter
reformation;" Mercy Otis Warren,
historian and 18th century American
Revolutionary War propagandist;
Florence Nightingale, 19th century
Knglishwonian and founder of
modern-day mu sing.
F.lizabeth Blackwell, 19th century
Knglish-American who became the
first woman to receive a medical
degree in America; Jane Addams,
the 19th and 20th century American
sK'ial reformer; and Marie Curie,
19th and 20th century Frenchwoman
who received two Nobel Prizes for
research in radiation and radioactive
elements.
Psychological Analysis
Dr. Crovitz' paper, “Courage
Knows No Sex," presented at the
(Continued on page 4)
Center will be a one-story,
3,787-square-foot wooden structure
of contemporary design. It will
include eight dialysis stations,
dressing and waiting rooms, a
reception area and offices.
The L. A. Downey and Son
construction firm of Durham was
awarded the contract in June.
“Our major objectives," Robinson
said, “are to consolidate on-going
dialysis activities, to increase
economy and patient convenience
and to improve the operating
efficiency of our existing ambulatory
(outpatient) services.
“We want to provide services for
stable ambulatory patients in pleasant
surroundings separated from areas
which serve patients who are more
acutely ill," he added.
Currently Duke dialysis patients
who do not require hospitalization
must go to one of three widely
separated treatment stations located
on Rankin Ward, at facilities in the
Hilton Inn or at a home dialysis
training center on the Durham VA
Hospitalgrounds.
(Continued on page 3)
Surgeons Name
Georgiade Pres.
Dr. Nicholas Ci. Cieorgiade,
professor and chief of the Division of
Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral
Surgery, is the new president-elect of
the American Association of Plastic
Surgeons.
Ceorgiade, who has specialized in
facial ai)d breast reconstruction since
joining the faculty in 1953, will
assume the presidency of the world's
oldest society of plastic sin geons next
year.
For the past 12 months, the Lowell,
Mass., native has served as vice
president of the organization, and
from 1972 to 1975, he held the office
of secretary. Membership in the
group is limited to about 300 of the
nation's most prominent plastic
surgeons.
Georgiade is also international
editor of the Cleft Palate Journal,
associate editor of the Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery Journal and
a member of more than 25
professional and honorary societies.
He serves as consultant to the U.S.
Army and Air Force, the Veterans
Administration and the National
Institutes of Health. He is a
contributing author and editor of
seven textbooks in the field and has
published more than 150 scientific
papers.
Georgiade, a past president of the
American Society of Maxillofacial
Surgery, received his undergraduate
education at Fordham University, a
doctorate in dental surgery at
Columbia University in 1944 and his
M.D. degree V Duke in 1949.