Blood Cell Counter
Blood Cell Counter
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- Description (Brief)
- Small metal counting device used for estimating the number of cells removed from a culture.
- Description
- In 1983 Dr. Jay Levy and his lab colleagues at the University of California at San Francisco also isolated the virus. Levy used this equipment to collect cell cultures and tally cells during his HIV research.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Blood Cell Counter
- maker
- Veeder-Root
- Measurements
- overall: 5.1 cm x 4 cm x 5.1 cm; 2 in x 1 9/16 in x 2 in
- ID Number
- 1999.0286.15
- accession number
- 1999.0286
- catalog number
- 1999.0286.15
- Credit Line
- Gift of the University of California San Francisco through Dr. Jay Levy
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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