Henry Murfree Carney

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Title

Henry Murfree Carney

Subject

Surgery, Vanderbilt Alumni, Military Medicine

Description

Henry M. Carney received the M.D. from Vanderbilt in 1933. He served his surgical residency at Vanderbilt, working with Dr. Barney Brooks and Dr. Alfred Blalock. When the United States entered World War II, Dr. Carney joined the Vanderbilt unit, the 300th General Hospital of the U.S. Medical Army Corps. Major Carney served as a surgeon with this unit, which was headquartered in Naples, Italy. While in Italy he became fluent in Italian and at the end of the war escorted several movie stars who came overseas to entertain the troops.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1933 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

405

Item Type Metadata

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

5 in. x 7 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Henry Murfree Carney,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 3, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1982.

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