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Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at Wake Forest University

  • 1970s

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General view of Dr. Secrest injecting a sample of biological material into the heated graphite furnace of a Perkin-Elmer Model 290 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in the Department of Pharmacology at Wake Forest University's Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the sample is being tested as part of a research initiative to investigate the relationships between chromium levels in animal and human bodies and glucose tolerances, as well as other metabolic functions.

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in Use at Wake Forest University,” 1970–1979. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3j333305f.

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