1940s
University of Virginia Health System Scrapbook: The 1940s
1940
- Library Books and Journals: 19,433
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia, $310, Other $360
- Number of Medical Students: 253
- War conditions begin to affect operation of the University of Virginia Library.
- Emphasis on the needs of the Medical Library is a major objective of the Alumni Fund Drive.
- Lack of space in the Library is a critical problem, and many medical journals and books are transferred to the two-year-old Alderman Library.
![School of Medicine Class of 1940](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1940som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1940
![School of Nursing Class of 1940](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1940son.jpg)
Blue Ridge Hospital Nursing Class of 1940
![President Roosevelt addressing the UVa community](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1940uvafdrspeech.jpg)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing the University of Virginia community
![lab students](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1940somlab.jpg)
Lab students
![UVa Hospital, West Wing](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1940hospitalwestbldg.jpg)
University of Virginia Hospital, West Wing
1941
- Library Books and Journals: 19,433
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $310, Other $360
- Number of Medical Students: 253
![Medical School Class of 1941](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1941
![Ms. Virginia H. Walke, Director of Nurses](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941walker.jpg)
Virginia H. Walker, Director of Nurses
![Students' Lounge is Gift of 1941 Class](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941studentlounge.jpg)
Students’ Lounge is gift of 1941 Class
![Fourteen graduates of the Class of 1941 take the oath of office as first lieutenants in the Medical Corps Reserve of the United States Army](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941enlistmentoath.jpg)
Fourteen graduates of the Class of 1941 take the oath of office as first lieutenants in the Medical Corps Reserve of the United States Army
![New Three-Story Building For Interns](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941internbldg.jpg)
New three-story building for interns
![New Hosptial Wing... has a total of 169 beds for ward patients](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1941hospitalbldg.jpg)
New Hospital Wing… has a total of 169 beds for ward patients
1942
- Library Books and Journals: 19,433
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $310, Other $360
- Number of Medical Students: 253
![Medical School Class of 1942](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1942som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1942
![New X-Ray Room](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1942xrayroom.jpg)
New X-Ray Room
![UVa 8th Evacuation Unit](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1942evacteam.jpg)
University of Virginia’s 8th Evacuation Unit—“The Medical School of Jefferson’s University has become fully geared to work the forces moving toward victory for the United Nation’s cause.”—H. E. Jordan, Dean School of Medicine
![Occupational Therapy Room opened at Rucker Convalescent Home](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1942therapyroom.jpg)
Occupational Therapy Room opens at Rucker Convalescent Home
![Rucker Convalescent Home - Caring for Children](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1942childrehab.jpg)
Caring for children at the UVA Hospital.
1943
- Library Books and Journals: 19,433
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $310, Other $360
- Number of Medical Students: 253
- From 1943-1945, the Quacks: won three Intramural softball crowns, and spread discontent throughout the University of Virginia with a string of seventy-eight consecutive victories.
- As part of a year-round schooling effort to aid the war effort, there were two classes coming out of the University in 1943.
![First Medical School Class of 1943](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1943som1.jpg)
First School of Medicine Class of 1943
![Second Medical School Class of 1943](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1943som2.jpg)
Second School of Medicine Class of 1943
![Volleyball on the roof above the recently opened John Staige Davis Psychiatric Ward](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1943psychrecreat.jpg)
Volleyball on the roof above the recently opened John Staige Davis Psychiatric Ward
![Rucker Home Opens!](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1943ruckerbldg.jpg)
Opening of the Rucker Home
1944
- Library Books and Journals: 20,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 300
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $310, Other $360
- Medical Students: 265
- The 8th Evacuation Hospital moved frequently in 1944. By the end of 1944 it was the only hospital north of the Futa Pass, and it needed to be winterized. Floors and side walls were built in the tents. Prefabricated huts were used for some wards. Shortly after these preparations were begun, a severe wind and rain storm blew lumber around as if it were paper, flattened the mess hall, and smashed the wards. By the time the winterizing was finished the snow was about a foot deep.
![Medical School Class of 1944](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1944som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1944
![Dudley Crofford Smith, Chair, Department of Dermatology](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1944smith.jpg)
Dudley Crofford Smith, Chair, Department of Dermatology
![Edwin Partridge Lehman, Professor of Surgery and Gynecology](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1944lehman.jpg)
Edwin Partridge Lehman, Professor of Surgery and Gynecology
![The 8th Evacuation Hospital Staff](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/19448thevac.jpg)
The staff of the 8th Evacuation Hospital
![The 8th Evac on the Move](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/19448thevac2.jpg)
The 8th Evacuation Hospital on the move
1945
- Library Books and Journals: 20,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 300
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia, $310, Other $360
- Number of Medical Students: 265
- The 8th Evacuation Hospital officially dissolved as a unit on September 29, 1945, after caring for more than 71,000 patients.
- The Nursing School Library’s collection of 1300 volumes is cataloged.
- Anne Morris is named the Medical Librarian.
- The 1945-46 Report of the Medical Library states that Dr. Stephen Watts donated a collection of 87 rare medical books including editions of Avicenna, Fallopium, Galen, Vesalius, and William Harvey.
![Medical School class of 1945](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1945som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1945
![Blue Ridge Hospital Nursing Class of 1945](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1945son.jpg)
Blue Ridge Hospital Nursing Class of 1945
![Major Byrd Leavell](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1945byrd.jpg)
Major Byrd Leavell, the 8th Evacuation Hospital
![Colonel Staige Blackford](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1945blackford.jpg)
Colonel Staige Blackford, Professor of Internal Medicine and organizer of UVa’s 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit
![Winterized tents of the 8th Evacuation Hospital, Pietramala, Italy](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/19458thevac.jpg)
Winterized tents of the 8th Evacuation Hospital, Pietramala, Italy
![8th Evacuation Hospital reunion shortly after the War](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/19458thevacgroup.jpg)
8th Evacuation Hospital reunion shortly after the War
1946
- Library Books and Journals: c. 23,000
- Current Library Periodicals: c. 400
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
![Medical School Class of 1946](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/194som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1946
![The Corner District](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1946corner.jpg)
The Corner District, Charlottesville
![The Barringer Wing of UVa Hospital](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1946barringerbldg.jpg)
The Barringer Wing of the University of Virginia Hospital
![Replicas of ancient surgical instruments donated to the University Library's Special Collections](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1946giftoftools.jpg)
Replicas of ancient surgical instruments donated to the University Library’s Special Collections by the 8th Evacuation Hospital
![McKim Hall](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1946mckimbldg.jpg)
McKim Hall
![Surgical tools](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1946giftoftools2l.jpg)
Replicas of ancient surgical tools donated to the University Library’s Special Collections
![8th Evacuation Hospital](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/19468thevacparty.jpg)
8th Evacuation Hospital—Byrd Leavell singing up a storm
1947
- Library Books and Journals: n/a
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
![Medical Class of 1947](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1947som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1947
![Harvey E. Jordan, Dean of the School of Medicine, 1940-1949](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1947jordan.jpg)
Harvey E. Jordan, Dean of the School of Medicine, 1940-1949 “… in this school the point has been reached that further progress seems definitely and sharply restricted unless new construction be secured.”
![Class of 1947… ten years after graduation](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1947somreunion.jpg)
School of Medicine Class of 1947 … ten years after graduation
![Nursing students, time for study...](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1947nursinglibrary.jpg)
Nursing students, time for study …
![Nursing students, time for play...](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1947nurses.jpg)
Nursing students, time for play …
1948
- Library Books and Journals: 25,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 446
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- University of Virginia Faculty Wives’ Club is established.
- The first state appropriation of $1,500 is allocated to the University for medical books and journals.
- There are 498 beds in the University of Virginia Hospital, 375 of which are for clinical instruction.
- 64,310 visits are made to the Outpatient Department.
![Medical School Class of 1948](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1948som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1948
![Nursing School Class of February, 1948](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1948son1.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Nursing Class of February, 1948
![Nursing School Class of August, 1948](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1948son2.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Nursing Class of August, 1948
![Harvey E. Jordan](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1948jordan.jpg)
Harvey E. Jordan—“His door was open to us before we became students of medicine, was open to us as students of medicine, and we feel that the door of his heart will always be open to us.”
1949
- Library Books and Journals: 27,800
- Current Library Periodicals: 300
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia: $350; other: $600
- Number of Medical Students: 265
- Vincent Archer develops lead-glass gown to protect wearer from Roentgen rays.
- Staige Davis Blackford Memorial Lectures are planned.
- First listing of Department of Surgery (previously the Department of Surgery and Gynecology).
- Vernon W. Lippard becomes Dean of the Department of Medicine, replacing Harvey Jordan.
![Medical School Class of 1949](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1949
![Roy Beazley, the Director of the School of Nursing and the Nursing Service](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949beazley.jpg)
Roy Beazley, the Director of the School of Nursing and the Nursing Service
![Capping Ceremony for the Nursing Class of 1949](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949capping.jpg)
Capping Ceremony for the Nursing Class of 1949
![Vernon W. Lippard becomes Dean of the School of Medicine](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949lippard.jpg)
Vernon W. Lippard, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine
![Excavation for the new Cancer Research Building begins](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949cancerbldg.jpg)
Excavation for the new Cancer Research Building begins
![Henry Bearden Mulholland](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949mulholland.jpg)
Henry Bearden Mulholland
![Cars parked infront of the portico entrance to the Medical School](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949frontsombldg.jpg)
Cars parked in front of the portico entrance to the University of Virginia Medical School
![War maneuvers at Fort Sam Houston](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949somwargames.jpg)
War maneuvers at Fort Sam Houston
![Physiology students doing experiments](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949physiolclass.jpg)
Physiology students doing experiments
![Anatomy lab students at work](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1949anatomydissect.jpg)
“The stench of the cadaver, a greasy, dog-eared GRAY’S, and dirty, once white lab coats mark the basic training course of the embryo doctor. Though the days are long and the nights even longer, anatomy is a must—to be learned so well, and then so soon forgotten”