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Jonas Friedenwald and the New Duke University School of Medicine

Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA, FACR

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(5):695-698.

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INTRODUCTION

An interesting letter about an important figure in the history of American ophthalmology was recently discovered in the archives of the Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. The letter, dated September 29, 1929, is from Dr Julian Deryl Hart (1894-1980) to Dr Wilbert Cornell Davison (1897-1972).¹ In the letter, Hart discusses plans for the new Duke University School of Medicine. Midway through the letter, Hart writes,

I think Friedenwald is a good man, but I do not know how he will go down there. I rather felt it advisable to keep away from that race on the clinical side. I do not know how well he works in eye, but when he was an interne on medicine and was permitted to come over to surgery for 4 months preparatory before going into eye work, he laid down on the job, a few talks . . . [Full Text of this Article]