Ralph Arnold Papers and Medical Equipment, 1942-2013

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Summary

Creator:
Arnold, Ralph Aranovitz, 1910-1960. and Van Arnold, John
Abstract:
Ralph Arnold (1910-1960) was a professor of otology and an associate professor of otolaryngology and ophthalmology at the Duke University Medical Center in the 1940s and 1950s. He also served as part of the 65th General Hospital during World War II. The collection consists photographs, correspondence, records pertaining to the patent Arnold received for silicone treated cotton, medical records from Arnold's time in the army, and medical equipment, at least some of which was used for the 65th General Hospital. Materials date from 1942 to 2013.
Extent:
1.3 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box and one map folder), 5 artifacts (1 briefcase and 4 wooden boxes), and 253 MB
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0147

Background

Scope and content:

Includes photographs, correspondence, records pertaining to the patent Arnold received for silicone treated cotton, medical records from Arnold's time in the army, and medical equipment, at least some of which was used for the 65th General Hospital. Materials date from 1942 to 2013.

Biographical / historical:

Ralph Arnold was born in Rochester, New York, in 1910. He earned his medical degree from the University of Buffalo (now the State University of New York at Buffalo) in 1936. He completed his internship and residency at Duke.
During World War II, Arnold served with the 65th General Hospital, a United States Army Medical Corps staffed by Duke University Medical Center alumni in England during War War II. The 65th General Hospital earned a stellar reputation among general hospital units in the European Theater of Operations. Members of the 65th General Hospital were often called up on to help train doctors and nurses in other units, and the physicians of the 65th General Hospital came to be known for their innovative and successful techniques.
After the war, Arnold returned to Duke and dedicated himself to the conservation of hearing and the treatment of patients with hearing loss. Arnold was a professor of otology and an associate professor of otolaryngology and ophthalmology at the Duke University Medical Center in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as a consultant to the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
Arnold was active in several professional organizations, serving as president of the North Caroline Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Society; chair of the ophthalmology and otolaryngology section of the North Carolina Medical Society; and secretary of the Durham-Orange County Medical Society.
Arnold died in 1960.

Acquisition information:
Accessioned by Archives staff: Accession A2013.034 (gift by the Arnold Family, June 2013), Accession A2013.041 (gift by the Arnold Family, July 2013), Accession A2013.042 (gift by the Arnold Family, July 2013), Accession A2013.049 (gift by the Arnold Family, August 2013), Accession A2013.058 (gift by John van Arnold, September 2013), Accession A2018.017 (gift by John van Arnold, April 2018), Accession A2019.063 (gift by John van Arnold, July 2019)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: 2013; reprocessed by Lucy Waldrop: April 2018; updated by Lucy Waldrop: July 2019

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Papers, 1942-2002; Equipment, undated; Digital Files, 2013.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ralph Arnold Papers and Medical Equipment, Duke University Medical Center Archives.