Duke Neurosurgery was created in 1937, although it did not become a department until July 1, 2015. Prior to becoming a department, Neurosurgery was a division under the Department of Surgery. Contains materials documenting Dr. Guy Odom and Dr. Blaine Nashold's work for Duke Neurosurgery. Types of materials include patient records, 16mm films documenting various conditions, departmental administrative records, photographs, lantern slides, surgical knives, and a Riechert Mundinger cerebral stereotaxy frame and some related surgical components. Materials dates from 1922 to 2023 with the bulk dating from 1922 to 1988.
Includes Department of Neurosurgery reports about surgical procedures performed and the surgeons, as well as the department's 2023 Annual Report. Materials date from 1953 to 1963 and 2023.
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Department of Neurosurgery Records, 1922-1988, 2023✖[remove]210