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Michael D. Shaw conducting urine analysis at St. Francis Hospital toxicology laboratory

  • 1970s

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General view of medical technician Michael D. Shaw using a Perkin-Elmer Model 930 Gas Chromatograph to analyze a urine sample in the toxicology laboratory at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. Per notations accompanying the photograph, Shaw is seen pinpointing a peak on the gas chromatograph's recording graph in order to determine which drug an apparent overdose victim had taken and develop a corresponding course of treatment.

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Michael D. Shaw Conducting Urine Analysis at St. Francis Hospital Toxicology Laboratory,” 1970–1979. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/jw827c55h.

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