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Filtering by: Location Duke Medical Center Archives Subject Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery Subject Hart, Deryl, 1894-1980 Subject Operating Rooms Subject Protective Clothing Year 1937

1. J. Deryl Hart and surgical team operating under ultraviolet lights

Description/Abstract:: Operation under ultraviolet light. Surgeons and others are dressed in protective clothing. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely...
Date:: circa 1937

2. Operation under Sterilamp using ultraviolet light

Description/Abstract:: J. Deryl Hart and Dept. of Surgery surgical team in protective clothing operating on a patient under the Sterilamp, an ultraviolet light source hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet...
Date:: 1937