Argonne Cancer Research Hospital

Argonne Cancer Research Hospital
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Argonne Cancer Research Hospital
Cobalt 60 Unit 2
II: Buildings and Grounds
Technician observes a patient in the Cobalt-60 machine for treatment of cancer at Argonne Cancer Research Hospital of the University of Chicago. The machine allows higher than ever doses of radiation to tumorous tissues. The radioactive cobalt rotates around the patient, who lies on a bed at the center of the axis, sparing the normal tissues through which the radiation must pass to reach the tumor.
Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute
Research institutes (Buildings) | Academic medical centers | Medical equipment | Cobalt--Therapeutic use
Lewellyn, Stephen
1956
Photographic prints; 18.8 x 24.1 cm
Schmidt, Garden & Erikson
1953
5824 S. Ellis Avenue | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
A19
Archival Photographic Files
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
apf2-00326

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