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Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García
- 1958
Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García (1857-1885), a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named. The stamp depicts Saint Martin de Porres…
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Unidentified man using a Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer
- Circa 1960
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- Circa 1959
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
- Photographer Kassler Studios
- Subject Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman D2 Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
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Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter in use in a hospital nursery
- Circa 1960
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Portrait of Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953)
- Circa 1942
Portrait of Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953). Cohn was a professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School and one of the first to apply basic physical chemical principles to study amino acids and proteins. During…
- Photographer Bachrach, Fabian
- Subject Biochemistry, Portraits, Cohn, Edwin J. (Edwin Joseph), 1892-1953
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Portrait of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922)
- Circa 1910
Portrait of Japanese chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922). The son of a doctor, Takamine graduated from the College of Science and Engineering of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1879 and, with support from the…
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Chemical engineering, Enzymes, Takamine, Jokichi, 1854-1922, Hormones, Chemists, Portraits, Biochemistry, Asian American scientists, Scientists
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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Plate VIII. Brown staining from mustard gas.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on the eighteenth day after exposure to gas.
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Plate IX. Ulceration of trachea by mustard gas.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing of a trachea at the twelfth day after gassing.
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Plate VII. Burning of scrotum and penis by mustard gas.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on eleventh day.
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Plate V. Erythema of skin from general exposure to the vapour of Yellow Cross substance.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on fifth day.
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Plate III. Pallid type of asphyxia from phosgene poisoning, with circulatory failure.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on second day after gassing.
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Plate I. Microscopic section of human lung from phosgene shell poisoning. Death at the nineteenth hour after gassing.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
"The piece of lung shown is almost entirely useless for aeration of the blood."
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Plate II. Blue type of asphyxia from phosgene poisoning, with intense venous congestion.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made early on second day after gassing.
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Plate IV. Gangrene of foot caused by vascular thrombosis from chlorine poisoning.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing of foot made on fifth day.
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Plate VI. Blistering of buttocks by mustard gas.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on eleventh day.
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A nurse using a Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter
- Circa 1959
A nurse uses a Beckman Oxygen Meter to monitor the oxygen flowing through an isolette containing a baby. Monitoring oxygen flow greatly reduced the rate of blindness (retrolental fibroplasia) among premature infants in…
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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…
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer warranty
- 1959
The text of the warranty is apparently a standard statement drafted before the development of the instrument in question.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very…