Pathologist at a work station in a research laboratory

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Item Description

Description	Pathologist working with a specimen. According to a news article, "in only 2-10 minutes pathologists can report to waiting surgeons whether or not a patient on the operating table has cancer. Here a pathologist uses a 'microtome' to freeze a section of a tumor prior to testing it for cancer."
Date created	circa 1948
Subject	Technology Duke University. Department of Pathology Duke University. Hospital -- staff Laboratories
Identifier	tch00014
Resource type	Image
Holding entity	Duke Medical Center Archives
Archival collection	Photograph & Negative Collection

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• Historical Images Documenting Duke Health