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History of the Davison Club.

Newton speaks about his background; working in the physics instrument shop at Duke; starting Newton Instrument Company; being asked to set up a surgical instrument shop; reasons for starting a surgical instrument shop for the medical center; Dr. Deryl Hart; building framing systems for Dr. Hart's ultraviolet lights; Dr. Hart's interaction with the instrument shop; his interest and development of skills in the area of design; purchasing a trip to New York for the opening of the surgical instrument shop; materials; describing the bubble trap (surgical tool) he brought to the interview; the importance of proper materials for surgical instruments; where the materials came from for the surgical instrument shop; funding for the shop; the development of the Duke Inhaler with the chair of Anesthesiology, Dr. Ronald Stephen; the description of the Duke Inhaler that he brought to his interview; most of the shop's instruments being used for research purposes; other items created by the surgical instrument shop or Newton Instrument Company; frequent medical center clients; people who worked with the surgical instrument shop; working half time at Newton Instrument Company and half time at the surgical instrument shop at Duke; developing an endobronchial balloon with Dr. Jim Moody; the Newton Instrument Company as manufacturing the Duke inhaler, and this being the first major product of Newton Instrument Company; ultimately flooding the market with the inhaler; layoffs at Newton Instrument Company; Newton Instrument Company manufacturing framing for the telephone company at the peak of its expansion; the surgical instrument shop buying a huge press break from a Naval gun factory; expanding the building to accommodate the press break; William Barber; the Durham Industrial Education Center; and the interfaith chapel named after William Preston Few.

Physician Assistant 25th Anniversary Project.

Duke Cardiovascular Databank.

Dr. Cook's involvement in the Davison Club and other charitable giving to Duke.

Durham Regional Hospital.

This oral history interview was conducted with William London on September 13, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:50:40
William London discusses the integration of the Watts and Lincoln hospitals, the development of facilities at Durham Regional Hospital, and his personal responsibilities as the president of medical staff at Watts Hospital and Durham General Hospital. He also discusses his professional background, his work with the American Board of Pediatrics, and the history of pediatric care on the local, state, and national level. Include a master and use CD.

This oral history interview was conducted with Sezer Aksel on September 13, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 00:43:32
Sezer Aksel discusses her background in Turkey; her desire to become a physician even against her family's desires; coming to Duke Medical School; the difficulty understanding Southern accents; the friendly atmosphere at Duke; completing premedical courses at Duke; the new curriculum at Duke Medical School; her interest in physiology and endocrinology; her second year of residency at Johns Hopkins; women in her medical school class; the busy residency schedule at Duke; dressing facilities in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; working twice as hard initially to gain men's respect; her acceptance from the faculty of her department; the reputation of Dr. Eleanor Easley in the department; previous female interns in the department having a difficult time and leaving Duke; support from the nursing staff in the department; support from the department chair, Dr. Roy Parker; the supposition among some in the department that women patients did not like to see female doctors for ob-gyn care and Dr. Aksel's experiences to the contrary; the first baby delivered; endocrinology; endocrinology-related surgical procedures; laparoscopy; the length of residency determined by the department chair; operating as a resident; learning by doing; the growth of department; females who joined the residency in the department after she came; changes due to more females; the male-dominated nature of dressing facilities in department; job opportunities after finishing residency; and establishing the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of South Alabama. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 master and 1 use CD, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Alfred Gras on September 23, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:20:00
Gras discusses his renaissance of interest in his own receipt of penicillin as medical student; notes from his father's journal about the event; Mary Poston; David Tillerson Smith; sulfonamides; his near death and miraculous recovery from bilateral staphylococcal pneumonia from use of penicillin; availability of penicillin at the time; Dr. Edward Levy and Dr. John Peck setting up penicillin drip; Dr. Levy and Dr. Peck telling him he was receiving a "vitabrew " in his leg; vein problems due to the treatment; further use of the penicillin extracted from his urine; obtaining the penicillin; his lack of having heard about penicillin; write-up of case in New England Journal of Medicine; cost (none) of his experimental penicillin versus estimated cost of same amount ($10,000); coming to Duke Medical School; lack of event status of the incident among his peers; cessation of penicillin due to complications from intravenous delivery; and further career. Includes a master and use audio cassette tapes and a transcript, which is available both in print and digitally.