Dr. Brooks was chairman of the Department of Surgery from 1925-1962.
Ernest Goodpasture Papers, Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections
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A surgeon, Dr. Blalock later became known (at Johns Hopkins) for helping develop a procedure to cure blue baby syndrome.
Cunningham was the head librarian at the Vanderbilt medical library for many years, and the creator of the Cunningham Classification for Medical Literature, which went through five editions.
Susan Wilkes was a skilled medical illustrator and head of Medical Illustration at Vanderbilt for many years.
Dr. Lamson was chairman of the Department of Pharmacology from 1925-1952.
Dr. Robinson was professor of biochemistry at Vanderbilt from 1931 until 1973.
Pathology; Immunology/Allergy; Cellular/Molecular Biology
Dr. Bloch, who had previously been a research fellow, was instructor of bacteriology at Vanderbilt for a short time in 1937. Like other talented pathologists in these years (Alice and Eugene Woodruff, William Demonbreun), Bloch was quickly recruited by another institution.
Two people conduct research in a laboratory.
Jim Pinkston was a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology. Here his wife Jimmie is seen perched on a laboratory chair, reading.