Health & Medicine

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This digital collection features selected medications and documents, manuals, and photographs relating to biochemical research and technology, with a focus on 20th-century instrumentation in medical laboratories. Various models of glucose, enzyme, and amino acid analyzers are a few of the instruments documented in these materials.

Start Over Format Text ✖ Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments ✖ Subject Blood sugar--Analysis ✖

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6 items
Ephemera

The Beckman Glucose Analyzer: A Statement of Verified Claims
- 1970
Marketing materials tout the virtues of the Beckman Glucose Analyzer, with emphasis placed upon verification of claims by the Standards Committee of the College of American Pathologists. The folded brochure includes a…
- Author Sullivan, Arthur
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, College of American Pathologists, Beckman Instruments, inc.
8 items
Business correspondence

Narrative of glucose analyzer development
- 1967
The handwritten account, possibly written by James C. Sternberg, is missing early pages.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis…
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
39 items
Handbooks and manuals

Prototype Continuous Glucose Monitor
- 1968-Jan-18
The document describes the components, operating instructions, troubleshooting, and maintenance of a prototype device. Handwritten notes were added to pages 27 and 31.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James…
- Author Sternberg, James C.
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
7 items
Manuscripts

Notes on the development of the glucose analyzer
- 1960s
The notes, which appear to be written in the same hand, may have been authored by James C. Sternberg.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
21 items
Handbooks and manuals

Glucose Analyzer Operating Manual
- Beckman Instructions 83513-B
- 1969-Oct
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
Handbooks and manuals

Typical Specifications for a Glucose Analyzer System
- 1960s
These specifications were likely produced during the development of the Glucose Analyzer. They include details about the electronic circuits, the weight and footprint of the finished instrument, and the rate of samples…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies--Standards, Blood sugar--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, inc.

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