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A nurse using a Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter

  • Circa 1959

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A nurse uses a Beckman Oxygen Meter to monitor the oxygen flowing through an isolette containing a baby. Monitoring oxygen flow greatly reduced the rate of blindness (retrolental fibroplasia) among premature infants in the 1950s, after it was discovered that this was caused by supplying too much oxygen.

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  • 4.75 in. W x 3.65 in L
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  • (verso) "Kassler Studio. 1621 E. Washington, Pasadena."
  • (front right) "Kassler 356-85. D-2 in use."
  • (verso) "3 fxio. SY-704492."
  • (verso) "Kassler neg. #356-85"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Series X. Photographic Materials
  • Sub-series 3. Photo Albums
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  • Box 86

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Kassler Studios. “A Nurse Using a Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter,” circa 1959. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 86. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4t64gn23m.

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