--- title: The 1930s image: https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1930-Social.jpg --- [![Cleveland Clinic Magazine - Giving Does Good | Centennial](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine%20Template%20Assets/img/logo-cc-magazine-centennial-mb-inverse.png?noresize&width=224&height=38&name=logo-cc-magazine-centennial-mb-inverse.png) ![Cleveland Clinic Magazine - Giving Does Good | Centennial](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine%20Template%20Assets/img/logo-cc-magazine-centennial-inverse.png?noresize&width=552&height=65&name=logo-cc-magazine-centennial-inverse.png)](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/2021-centennial?hsLang=en) [Donate](https://give.ccf.org/CCMAG) # The 1930s ![outpatient building ](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1931-1.jpg) Enlarge 1931 **New three-story outpatient facility opens** adjacent to the Clinic Building, which is remodeled. **New three-story outpatient facility opens** adjacent to the Clinic Building, which is remodeled. ![Amy Rowland at desk reading a book](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1931-2.jpg) Enlarge 1931 ***Cleveland Clinic Bulletin*** (later known as Cleveland Clinic Quarterly and Cleveland Clinic Journal... ***Cleveland Clinic Bulletin*** (later known as Cleveland Clinic Quarterly and Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine) launches. The first issue includes articles on “Treatment of Malignancy” and “Diverticula of the Urinary Bladder” by Cleveland Clinic co-founders George Crile Sr., MD, and William Lower, MD, respectively. The Editorial Department is led by Amy Rowland (pictured), Dr. Crile’s longtime associate. Read More ![Eddie Rogers (far left), Cleveland Clinic’s first male nurse, and Herbert Decker (far right), Cleveland Clinic’s first pharmacist, mingle with colleagues at a picnic in the 1930s.](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1932-1.jpg) Enlarge 1932 To help repay debt incurred by the 1929 disaster and the cost of new construction, **all caregivers...** To help repay debt incurred by the 1929 disaster and the cost of new construction, **all caregivers take a pay cut** during the Great Depression. In this photo, Eddie Rogers (far left), Cleveland Clinic’s first male nurse, and Herbert Decker (far right), Cleveland Clinic’s first pharmacist, mingle with colleagues at a picnic in the 1930s. Read More ![D. Roy McCullagh, PhD](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1932-2.jpg) Enlarge 1932 Dr. Roy McCullagh, PhD, of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Biophysics posits **the existence of...** Dr. Roy McCullagh, PhD, of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Biophysics posits **the existence of inhibins,** key proteins related to sex hormones and reproductive health. In the 1930s, Dr. McCullagh also pioneers the measurement of thyroid function through iodine levels in the blood. Read More ![A painting of Cleveland Clinic co-founder Frank Bunts, MD](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1935.jpg) Enlarge 1935 Supported in part by philanthropic gifts in honor of Cleveland Clinic co-founder Frank Bunts, MD... Supported in part by philanthropic gifts in honor of Cleveland Clinic co-founder Frank Bunts, MD (above), the **Bunts Educational Institute** (known today as the Education Institute) is established “to maintain and conduct an institution for learning, for promoting education and giving instruction in the art, science and practice of medicine, surgery, anatomy, hygiene and allied or kindred sciences and subjects.” Read More ![Dr. Crile performing a thyroid procedure](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1936.jpg) Enlarge 1936 Dr. Crile (second from left in this photo) performs his **25,000th thyroid procedure**. Dr. Crile (second from left in this photo) performs his **25,000th thyroid procedure**. ![a medical chair used to keep patients safely seated in a position for cranial surgery](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1938.jpg) Enlarge 1938 Neurosurgeon W. James Gardner, MD, **develops a chair to keep patients safely in a seated position...** Neurosurgeon W. James Gardner, MD, **develops a chair to keep patients safely in a seated position for cranial surgery.**  Read More ![R. J. F. Renshaw, MD](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1930s/Decade%20Page/1939.jpg) Enlarge 1939 *Cleveland Clinic Quarterly* publishes “Gastroscopy: Its Value and Indications” by R.J.F. Renshaw,... *Cleveland Clinic Quarterly* publishes “Gastroscopy: Its Value and Indications” by R.J.F. 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