A sterile room and sterile clothing for surgical operations, developed by NASA and used at St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Photograph by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 1972.

Date:
1972
Reference:
583322i
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Description

Surgeons simulate an operation wearing space costumes and standing inside a sterile room. The equipment was developed by Martin Marietta Corp. under a NASA contract, to produce conditions for sterile spacecraft assembly and self-contained life-support systems. A 10 by 10 foot perspex and aluminium room (a "laminar flow clean room") fits inside an operating room when in use. When not in use it can be folded and stored

Publication/Creation

Washington, D.C. : NASA, 1972.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 19.4 x 24.5 cm

Lettering

Space age surgery. St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colo., is using this special equipment ... Lettering on verso

Reference

Wellcome Collection 583322i

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"Government publication--not subject to copyright" - stamp on verso

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