1950s
University of Virginia Health System Scrapbook: The 1950s
1950
- Library Books and Journals: 29,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 419
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $400, Other: $800
- Number of Medical Students: 275
- The Bursar’s Office no longer returns fine money to the Medical Library, resulting in an annual loss of about $150.
- Additional storage space in Cabell Hall Attic required for Medical Libary.
- Surgical instruments belonging to an 1831 graduate are donated.
- Dr. Beverly Smith, speaking for the Library Committee, says the Medical Library needs more space, more help, and more funds.
- Thirty men of the first year class are WWII veterans.
- First Staige Davis Blackford Memorial Lecture presented.
![Medical School Class of 1950](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1950
![Anatomy class](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950anatomyclass.jpg)
Anatomy class
![Henry Mulholland](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950mulholland.jpg)
Henry Mulholland
![Roy Beazley, Director of Nurses](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950beazley.jpg)
Roy Beazley, Director of Nurses
![Blue Ridge Hospital opens new West Wing](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950blueridgebldg.jpg)
Blue Ridge Hospital opens new West Wing
![Capping Ceremony for Nursing School Class of 1950](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950capping.jpg)
Capping Ceremony for School of Nursing Class of 1950
![Dr. Harvey Jordan and Miss Russell](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950jordan&russell.jpg)
Dr. Harvey Jordan and Miss Russell
1951
- Library Books and Journals: 31,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 500
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- Dr. Stephen H. Watts presents the Library with a five-volume edition of Galen’s House of Guinta.
- The Medical Library reports that Dr. R. Earle Glendy has given the Library a set of surgical instruments belonging to an 1831 graduate, Henry Moss Bentley, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
![Medical School Class of 1951](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1951som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1951
![Vernon, W. Lippard, Dean, School of Medicine](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1950lippard.jpg)
Vernon W. Lippard, Dean of the School of Medicine
![Aerial view of UVa Medical Complex](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1951hospitalcomplex.jpg)
Aerial view of the University of Virginia medical complex
![Learning the nursing arts through observation, first photo](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1951nurseobserving.jpg)
Learning the nursing arts through observation
![Learning the nursing arts--checking with her mentor to see if she has it right](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1951nursementor.jpg)
Student nurse checks with her mentor
![University assigns medical students to the Ranges](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1951rangesbldg.jpg)
University assigns medical students to the Ranges
1952
- Library Books and Journals: n/a
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
![Medical School Class of 1952](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1952som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1952
![Dr. William Parson and Dr. Kenneth Crispell in Research Labs](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1952parson&crispell.jpg)
Mad (?) Scientists Dr. William Parson and Dr. Kenneth Crispell in research labs
![Medical student works up a patient](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1952nursepatient.jpg)
Medical student “works up a patient”
![What UVa nurses hear, speak, and see](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1952nursegroup.jpg)
What University of Virginia nurses hear, speak, and see
![UVa Hospital's Newborn Unit](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1952newbornunit.jpg)
University of Virginia Hospital’s Newborn Unit
1953
- Library Books and Journals: 27,819
- Current Library Periodicals: 450
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- A new X-Ray Emergency Room opens for patients on Wednesday, April 29th.
- University Hospital starts small lending library of 350 books on Wards L and I.
- Recognizing the Library’s need for financial support, Dean Vernon Lippard states, “There is only from $3,000 to $4,000 a year available to the Library; its minimum requirement is $10,000 a year.”
![Dr. Edwin P. Lehman](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1953lehman.jpg)
Dr. Edwin P. Lehman retires as Chief of Surgery after 25 years of service to the University of Virginia
![Dr. Thomas H. Hunter](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1953hunter.jpg)
In February, Dr. Thomas H. Hunter takes over as Dean of the School of Medicine
![Medical School Class of 1953](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1953som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1953
![Nursing School Class of 1953](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1953son.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Nursing Class of 1953
![Dr. E. Cato Drash with Miss Louise Rea and Dr. George R. Minor](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1953drash&rea&minor.jpg)
Dr. E. Cato Drash, with Miss Louise Rea and Dr. George R. Minor, wages a surgical war in an effort to eradicate pulmonary tuberculosis
1954
- Library Books and Journals: 39,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 550
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $400, Other $800
- Number of Medical Students: 285
- Medical Library receives alumni gift of $4,043.65.
- First class of the Baccalaureate Program of Nursing graduates.
- A lending library for the use of staff and patients is started. Two book cases are set up on Wards I and L.
- Hospital Auxiliary, formerly the Hospital Circle, celebrates 50 years of service.
- Hospital security program begins.
- William Muller is new surgery chief.
![Medical School Class of 1954](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1954
![UVa Barringer Wing progress](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954barringerbldg.jpg)
Progress continues on the Barringer Wing
![Edward Hipp](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954hipp.jpg)
Edward Hipp opens Vessel Bank for the preservation of human arteries
![William Muller and Thomas Hunter](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954muller&hunter.jpg)
William Muller and Thomas Hunter
![C. Bruce Morton, Head Professor Surgery](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954morton.jpg)
C. Bruce Morton, Head Professor of Surgery
![John Lloyd Newcomb, second president of the University](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954newcomb.jpg)
John Lloyd Newcomb, 1851-1954, second president of the University
![Benjamin W. Rawles](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954rawles.jpg)
Benjamin W. Rawles, 1930 graduate of the School of Medicine
![Medical School Reading Room](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954libraryreadingrm.jpg)
Medical School Reading Room
![John Stacey, Hospital Director](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1954stacey.jpg)
Hospital Director John Stacey outlines building program
1955
- Library Books and Journals: 41,500
- Current Library Periodicals: 600
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $400, Other $800
- Number of Medical Students: 285
- Thermometer breakage at the University of Virginia under study; over 15,000 thermometers issued in 10 months.
- Planning funds released for proposed $4.5 million multi-story central unit for University of Virginia Hospital.
- Cerebral Palsy Clinic opens, first in the state.
- McKim Hall enlarged.
- University to acquire cobalt unit for cancer treatment.
- New oxygen system requires two miles of pipe.
- Douglas Eastwood named Anesthesiology Chairman.
- New 31-bed unit will open to provide above-average nursing care for the acutely ill and injured, and will set a pattern for the establishment of similar units throughout the country.
![Medical School Class of 1955](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1955som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1955
![School of Nursing Dance](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1955sondance.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Nursing Dance
![Hospital Directory John Stacey points out features of the building program](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1955stacey.jpg)
Hospital Directory John Stacey points out features of the building program
![Dr. Fletcher Woodward](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1955woodward.jpg)
Dr. Fletcher Woodward, advocate of seat belts, practices what he preaches
1956
- Library Books and Journals: 43,723
- Current Library Periodicals: 643
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- Construction starts on children’s rehabilitation center.
![Medical School Class of 1956](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1956som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1956
![Nursing students and their patients](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1956christmaschildren.jpg)
Nursing students and their patients
![View of UVa Medical School and the corner](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1956corneraerial.jpg)
Aerial view of University of Virginia Medical School and “The Corner”
![Library Reading Room](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1956somreadingrm.jpg)
Medical School Library Reading Room
![Medical School Library](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1956nursinglibrary.jpg)
Medical School Library
1957
- Library Books and Journals: n/a
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- South Wing, the second building of the original hospital built in 1905, to be destroyed.
- Children’s Rehabilitation Center opens.
![Medical School Class of 1957](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1957
![Evelyn Bacon, Acting Chairman, School of Nursing](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957bacon.jpg)
Evelyn Bacon, Acting Chairman, Department of Nursing
![Edward Betram Nash](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957nash.jpg)
Edward Bertram Nash, one of the two African-Americans in the Medical School Class of 1957
![Edward Thomas Wood](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957wood.jpg)
Edward Thomas Wood, one of the two African-Americans in the Medical School Class of 1957
![Pink Ladies](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957pinkladies.jpg)
Pink Ladies
![School of Nursing Choral Group](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1957sonchorus.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Nursing Choral Group
1958
- Library Books and Journals: n/a
- Current Library Periodicals: n/a
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
![Medical School Class of 1958](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1958
![The Corner in 1958](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958corner.jpg)
The Corner in 1958
![Ground-breaking ceremonies](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958groundbreaking.jpg)
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new multi-story addition to University of Virginia Hospital. From left to right: Dean Hunter, President Darden, Dr. Archer, Dr. Mulholland, and Director Stacey
![Byrd S. Leavell named Assistant Dean](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958leavell.jpg)
Byrd S. Leavell named Assistant Dean
![Dr. Henry Bearden Mulholland retires as Assistant Dean](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958mulholland.jpg)
Henry Bearden Mulholland retires as Assistant Dean
![Margaret G. Tyson, first Dean of Nursing School](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1958tyson.jpg)
Margaret G. Tyson appointed first Dean of the School of Nursing
1959
- Library Books and Journals: 51,500
- Current Library Periodicals: 750
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $500, Other $1000
- Number of Medical Students: 304
- Total annual appropriations for new equipment is $5000.
- Rare books by Galen and Vesalius are exhibited.
- Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery is granted full accreditation for residency training–the first and only program in Virginia.
- Hospital Auxiliary contributes $10,000, which is used in part to purchase “electronic equipment for recording heart action.”
- The School of Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Program is the first to be accredited in Virginia.
![Medical School Class of 1959](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959som.jpg)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1959
![Construction of multi-story addition](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959hospitalconstruct.jpg)
Construction of multi-story hospital addition
![Colgate Darden transfers presidency to Edgar Shannon](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959darden&shannon.jpg)
Colgate W. Darden, Jr. transfers presidency of the University of Virginia to Edgar F. Shannon, Jr.
![Ground-breaking ceremony for the replacement hospital](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959groundbreaking.jpg)
Construction of multi-story hospital addition
![First hemodialysis unit at UVa](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959hemodialysisunit.jpg)
First hemodialysis unit at UVa
![Department of Physical Therapy adds hot tub](../../historical/uva_hospital/scrapbook/assets/1959hydrotherapytank.jpg)
Department of Physical Therapy adds a tank for hot tubbing that is useful for polio and arthritic patients.