204 results for: Medicine and Health Care
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Rick Murdock, CEO of CellPro Inc., Bothell, April 22, 1997
Rick Murdock founded CellPro Inc. to develop new cancer treatments. The company’s first project was a process to separate, purify, and concentrate stem cells from bone marrow that could then be transferred into patients to treat lymphoma, breast cancer, and multiple myeloma. Unexpectedly, Murdock developed a type of cancer that CellPro’s product could treat. At about the same time, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.13.09
Date:1997
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People waiting to donate blood at Puget Sound Blood Center, September 11, 2001
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, people across the country overwhelmed blood banks. They waited in long lines to donate out of a impulse to do something to help, and in anticipation of thousands of casualties. Upwards of a half million more units of blood were collected in the 2 months following the attacks than was…
ID Number:2000.107.20010911.9.34
Date:2001
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Pierre Parent having his blood pressure checked at the Monroe Correctional Complex, August 14, 2002
In August 2002, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on long-standing issues in Washington's prison health care system, including incomplete or inaccurate patient records, lack of proper staff training, missed diagnoses, poor handling of emergencies, and severe medical staff shortages. At the time, Washington prisons had more than 15,000 inmates, but only five full-time staff doctors, and prison wardens instead of doctors…
ID Number:2000.107.20020814.CD01.02.001
Date:2002
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Prison medical staff changing patient's bandages at Monroe Correctional Complex, August 14, 2002
In August 2002, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on long-standing issues in Washington's prison health care system, including incomplete or inaccurate patient records, lack of proper staff training, missed diagnoses, poor handling of emergencies, and severe medical staff shortages. At the time, Washington prisons had more than 15,000 inmates, but only five full-time staff doctors, and prison wardens instead of doctors…
ID Number:2000.107.20020814.CD01.02.002
Date:2002
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Zimbabwe Medical Drive dinner and speaker flier, Seattle, November 30, 1979
In November 1979, Seattle’s Rainier Community Center hosted Kumbarai Kangai, from the newly independent country of Zimbabwe. Kangai was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union, had been active in the independence movement against white minority rule and served as a representative to the United Nations. The event, complete with an African dinner and Zimbabwean mbira music, raised money…
ID Number:2002.23.1.54.2
Date:1979
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People of Color Against AIDS Network brochure, 1992
The People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) is a social service organization serving Seattle and King County's marginalized communities, including Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander. POCAAN was founded in 1987 and originally focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, but its work has expanded to address issues associated with marginalization and health disparities, such as substance abuse, incarceration, sexually transmitted…
ID Number:2002.23.5.45.1
Date:1992
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Firland Sanatorium Christmas dinner menu, 1938
Firland Sanatorium was Seattle's municipal tuberculosis hospital. It opened in 1911 to help combat what was at the time Seattle's leading cause of death. Firland was located on 34 acres in the Richmond Highlands area, 12 miles north of the then-border of Seattle.This Christmas dinner menu is printed in three colors and features red and green holiday themed illustrations.
ID Number:2003.9.74
Date:1938
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ATL: a history of leadership in ultrasound technology, 1988
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.14.1
Date:1988
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ATL Wavelengths Special Edition, August 1998
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.23.1
Date:1998
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ATL Mark III Imaging System B, 1980
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.43.1
Date:1980