Interview, July 12, 2005

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Duke University. Medical Center. Archives.

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Dr. McCullough discusses his background; the persons who influenced his decision to go into medicine; his college education at Columbia University; the reputation of Duke University School of Medicine; the relative youth of Duke School of Medicine; his first impressions of campus; the difference between Duke and Columbia; the honor system at Duke University; his close relationship with Elizabeth Swett; Dr. Wilburt Davison; other influential people at Duke; medical student Dr. Alfred Gras's receipt of penicillin while ill at Duke; Dr. Joseph Beard's dog surgery class; being a part of the first accelerated class (due to the war), class 1943D; his family's attempts to defer his military service until after graduation; the V-12 program for medical students; aspects of Duke campus during wartime; differences in requirements for students in the army and the navy; other members of the class of 1943D; his internship in New Jersey following graduation from Duke; naval training after his internship; seeing Duke classmates on a naval ship in the Pacific; social activities at Duke; ingredients in a drink called "Purple Jesus"; the segregated nature of Duke wards; the syphilis clinic; his return to Duke for his fiftieth reunion; changes in campus; his return to Duke in 1947 as an orthopedic resident with Lenox Baker; Leonard Goldner as a fellow resident; compensation as a resident; being sent to Greensboro to assist with polio patients; the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital; working in Pennsylvania hospital; being called to go to Korea; remaining in the service after the war; his career after the war; his continuing relationship with Drs. Goldner and Baker in his further medical career; personal health issues; his Davison Club membership; and his membership in the Piedmont Orthopedic Society.

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