NC Health History in Images
PUBLISHED APRIL 2023 BY LAYNE CARPENTER
This digital project complements a physical exhibit at Laupus Health Sciences Library by the same title. The exhibit features historical photographs from ECU Digital Collections that depict both the practice of and the dedicated practitioners of healthcare in North Carolina. Funding for the exhibit generously provided by the Friends of Laupus Library.
Click the drop-down option beneath each featured photograph to view items from our collections that are related to the featured image. These items have been specifically curated for relevance to this exhibit.
Children get Vaccinated, 1955
Children wait in line to receive vaccines at a Greenville school.
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Health department vaccinations
December 1955 - February 1956Polio vaccine
May 13, 1955Vaccine registration
March 23, 1964 - March 24, 1964Polio vaccine
March 23, 1964 - March 24, 1964Military Medical Transport at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 1962
Medical personnel from Pitt County Memorial Hospital (now ECU Health) assist a patient after unloading him from a military helicopter.
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Helicopter unloading
July 21, 1962Malene Grant Irons, MD
Dr. Malene Grant Irons attended East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) and later became the first female physician in Greenville and the first female pediatrician in eastern North Carolina.
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Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons
November 12, 1998Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons
May 12, 1999Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons
November 19, 1998Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons
January 06, 1999Recommendations of the Polio Committee for Polio Immunization
September 30, 1964Pitt County Polio Campaign Letter
April 08, 1964Portrait of Malene Grant
1935Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best February 17, 1999
February 17, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best June 9, 1999
June 09, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 3, 1999
March 03, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Thomas Grant Irons
June 12, 2000Home Visit, 1962
Mack and Lenabelle Battle watch as Dr. Frederick B. Haar performs a home visit checkup on their infant triplets.
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Neeper Triplets
September 06, 1962Neeper triplets
September 06, 1962Andrew Best, MD Teaches a Health Education Class, 1960
Dr. Andrew Best, the second black physician in Greenville and a civil rights leader in the region, teaches a course for health educators at C.M. Eppes High School in Greenville.
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Andrew Best in his clinic
2001Andrew A. Best Family Practice Photos
2001Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best June 9, 1999
June 09, 1999Best at C.M. Eppes
September 24, 1960 - September 26, 1960Andrew Best with his National Medical Association ...
1971-1975Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best April 14, 1999
April 14, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best December 9, 1998
December 09, 1998Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 31, 1999
March 31, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best April 28, 1999
April 28, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best July 21, 1999
July 21, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best November 3, 1999
November 03, 1999Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 3, 1999
March 03, 1999Oral History Interview with Andrew Best, October 28, 1998
October 28, 1998Andrew Best
2000-2005Andrew Best Public Forum Video
March 02, 1996Andrew Best with an award
April 27, 1991Andrew Best at the Best Homeplace
2000-2005Andrew Best speaking
1999-2000Portrait of Andrew A. Best
January 1947Andrew Best Induction to Board of Governors Photo
July 07, 1972City of Greensboro Health Department’s public health nursing staff, 1927-28
Public health nurses who worked for the City of Greensboro health department stand in front of the old Guilford County Courthouse in their traveling uniforms, holding their nursing bags.
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Public health nursing bag
1947-1979Health Director and a group of public health nurses
1924-1929Group photo of 6 public health nurses
1919-1930Public health nurses in a field
1944-19493 public health nurses
1940-1955Public health nurse with quarantine sign
1930-1935Oral History Interview with Sister Edna English
March 09, 2018Oral History Interview with Dan Shingleton
November 17, 2016Rhythm Therapy, 1962
Children in Greenville, North Carolina participate in rhythm therapy at the Trainable School, which was located behind Rose High School.
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Milton D. Quigless, 1946
Dr. Milton D. Quigless was a physician in Tarboro, North Carolina and opened the Quigless Clinic, which served primarily African American patients, in 1947.
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Milton Quigless Public Forum Video
February 24, 1996Photo of Dr. Milton D. Quigless
1975-1995Quigless Clinic, Tarboro, N.C.
1965Pharmacy Permit for Quigless Clinic Hospital
1970National Medical Association Certificate of Award
August 1957Program from forum honoring Dr. Milton Quigless
February 24, 1996North Carolina Public Health Dentistry
A public health dental hygienist teaches a class of school children about dental health.
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Public health dental hygienist in a classroom
1970-1990Sixth grade students flossing
1975Little Jack from the puppet play, Circus or Bust
1930-1939Stair Training with Crutches, ca. 1950-1965
Therapist Sally Moseley Lowe, L.P.T helps a polio patient with stair training.
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Gait Training on Parallel Bars
undatedActive Muscle Testing
undatedSister Kenny Steam Packs Therapy
undatedAnn Jobe Teaching Medical Students, 1998
Dr. Ann Jobe, Assistant Dean of the Medical School and assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences works with first year medical students.
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Brody School of Medicine Students, 1970-1979
Brody School of Medicine students at East Carolina University stand in a hospital room around a new-born baby.
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Emergency Department Students Working
1995Medical Student taking blood pressure
1980-1989Emergency Department Students Observing
1995Health Science students
1976-1999Medical student using a laryngoscope
Public Health Nurse with a Quarantine Sign, 1930-1935
A North Carolina public health nurse places a whooping cough quarantine sign on a house.
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Measles in Quarantine
April 07, 1934Reminiscences
1905Vaporizer
1885Madam Porter's Cough Balsam
1870-1890Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
1870-1890Oral History Interview with Edwin W. Monroe
July 12, 2001Greenville Midwives, 1951
African American midwives from Greenville and Pitt County.
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