| Title | Skin Button |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date | 20th c. |
| Subject | Equipment and Supplies
Equipment and Supplies -- history
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| Description | 0.75 x 6 x 2." "Loose example of skin button made of latex. shaped with half of a sphere and a tube coming out of the side. same as #00.5A.4. Skin Buttons provided access to the body for tubes which led to and from the Thoracic Duct and made lymph dialysis possible." Ultimately they were used in lymphocyte depletion prior to transplant. (See assorted papers in T.S. Hargest's CV on lymphocyte drainage-skin buttons paper-#17." T.S. Hargest. CV)" |
| Digital Collection | Waring Historical Library Artifact Collection |
| Web Site | http://www.library.musc.edu/page.php?id=692 |
| Holding Institution | Waring Historical Library (MUSC)
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2009, the Waring Historical Library. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library. |
| SC County | Charleston County (S.C.)
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| SC Region | Lowcountry
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| Digitization Specifications | Fujifilm FinePixS2Pro, Shutter speed: 1/125 sec, F-stop: f/32.0, Aperture value: f/32, ISO Speed Ratings: 400, Focal Length: 105.0 mm |
| Date Digital | 2010-08-11 |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Media Type | Images |
| Resource Identifier | 00.5A.1 |
| Note | Belonged to and given by Mr. T.S. Hargest. Developed at MUSC. |
| CONTENTdm number | 810 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 811.jpg |
