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Blood alcohol analysis using Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph

  • 1973

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General view of an unidentified female technician loading blood serum samples into a Perkin-Elmer Model F-40 Multifract Gas Chromatograph in a laboratory at the Institut für Rechtsmedizin located in Göttingen, Germany. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the gas chromatograph is being used as a forensic tool to measure the blood alcohol levels of drunk-driving suspects.

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  • Box 5

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Blood Alcohol Analysis Using Perkin-Elmer Gas Chromatograph,” 1973. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8623hz57t.

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