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Jeanette Clarke using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital

  • 1970s

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General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations accompanying the photograph, Clarke is seen inserting a drop of blood into the flame of the spectrophotometer, part of a city-wide initiative to screen children between the ages of 1 and 5 for lead poisoning.

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Jeanette Clarke Using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital,” 1970–1979. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2b88qc98z.

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