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William Birnbaum with a Phonocardiogram System
- Circa 1965
Electronics Engineer William Birnbaum demonstrates a Phonocardiogram System (including at Type 531 Oscilloscope), manufactured by Beckman Instruments. This instrument was used on at least one of the Project Gemini…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Phonocardiography, Oscilloscopes, Project Gemini (U.S.), Beckman Instruments, Inc., Medical instruments and apparatus
Photographs

Chuck Kayser with oscilloscope
- Circa 1965
Kayser, a Beckman Instruments project engineer, is holding electroencephalograph electrodes and a signal conditioner. This oscilloscope-based device was used aboard at least one of the Gemini spacecrafts to monitor…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Electrodes, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Oscilloscopes, Project Gemini (U.S.), Space medicine, Electronics in space medicine, Medical instruments and apparatus, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs, Portraits

Robert Gafford with Cardiovascular Reflex Conditioning System
- Circa 1965
Dr. Robert Gafford, a project manager for Beckman Instruments, holds a Cardiovascular Reflex Conditioning System. This instrument was used aboard at least one of the Project Gemini manned spaceflights in 1965-1966 in an…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Blood--Circulation--Regulation, Project Gemini (U.S.), Space medicine, Medical instruments and apparatus, Scientists--Portraits, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

Auto Immunochemistry System
- Circa 1980
First produced in 1980, the Beckman Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) is a fully automated system that measures specific protein concentrations in body fluids. It can be used to monitor the presence and concentration of…
- Subject Immunochemistry, Medical instruments and apparatus, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs, Portraits

Portrait of Alan R. Kahn
- 1964
Alan Kahn was Beckman's Medical Director. He is pictured holding an electrode designed for use during surgery and research projects. It monitored electrical signals from the brain, heart, and muscle tissue.
- Subject Electrodes, Scientists--Portraits, Medical instruments and apparatus, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow
- 1979
Cachet created by Colorano is a silk depiction of Rosalyn S. Yalow with text that describes the work which earned her the 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Part of the Women's History Series (No. 83) by the National…
- Creator Of Work Colorano
- Subject Women in science, Postage stamps, Jewish scientists, Women scientists, Postmarks, Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Women in medicine, Women Nobel Prize winners
Postage stamps

Congolese postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
- After 1970 – before 1991
Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.
- Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
- Subject Postage stamps, Biologists, Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955, Penicillin, Pharmacologists, Commemorative postage stamps, Medical botanists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Congo (Brazzaville)
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- After 1979 – before 2000
Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…
- Engraver Combet, Jacques
- Subject Comoros, Muslim scholars, Medicine, Persian, Medicine, Alchemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Avicenna, 980-1037, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians, Mathematicians
Postage stamps

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…
- Printer Bundesdruckerei-berlin
- Subject Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Verruga peruana, Carrión, Daniel Alcides, 1857-1885, Science on postage stamps, Peru, Medical students, Martín, de Porres, Saint, 1579-1639
Photographs

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.
- Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Amino acids--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

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,…
- Photographer Preston E. Mitchell Commercial Photography
- Subject Los Angeles County General Hospital, Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

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.
Photographs

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…
- Subject Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

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,…
- Photographer Preston E. Mitchell Commercial Photography
- Subject Los Angeles County General Hospital, Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs, Portraits

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
Photographs, Portraits

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
Plastics, Electronics

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…
- Manufacturer Zenith Radio Corporation
- Subject Zenith Radio Corporation, Hearing aids, Hearing disorders, Hearing disorders--Treatment, Hearing impaired
Illustrations

Plate XIII. A. Drawing of the cornea in the acute stage of severe burning. B. Drawing of cornea in the stage of resolution after severe burning.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

Plate XI. A. Severely burned eye in the acute stage. B. Slightly later stage of acute burning.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

Plate X. Microscopic section of human lung from mustard gas poisoning, with death at end of second day (40 hours).
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

Plate XII. A. Stage of resolution after severe burning. B. Late stage of resolution.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

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.
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

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.
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

Plate VII. Burning of scrotum and penis by mustard gas.
- Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
- 1918
Drawing made on eleventh day.
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
Illustrations

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.
- Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
- Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas

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