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A woman walks down the 21st Ave. sidewalk in front of the 1964 addition to Vanderbilt Hospital. With the opening of the West Court entrance in 1964, the 21st Ave. entrance had become obsolete.

Dr. Olin West (1868-1958) was a public health expert on smallpox and a primary figure in early development of the Tennessee State Department of Health. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt University Medical Department in 1898. 

A member of the medical staff adjusts a bed in an operating room.

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…

Dr. Owen Wilson was a professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt Medical School and had a large pediatric practice in Nashville. He was the author of The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies: A Guide for Mothers (1920). 

The identity of this man is unknown, but he is possibly William Gunter, Jr., or his brother Albert. Both men were autopsy technicians employed by the Department of Pathology.

Photographic portrait of Paul Dewitt. Dr. Paul DeWitt completed his undergraduate work and medical training at Vanderbilt University. He was a Founder's Medalist in the School of Medicine in 1905. A prominent Nashville physician and surgeon, DeWitt…

Paul Dudley Lamson is widely regarded for his pivotal research in the development of the remedy for hookworm disease.

Photographic portrait of Paul Francis Hahn. Paul Francis Hahn received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT and his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Rochester. He pioneered the use of radioisotopes in cancer research while on…