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  • Shriners Hospital Patient Isolation Unit Records, 1956-1981 (bulk 1969-1972)
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Shriners Hospital Patient Isolation Unit Records, 1956-1981 (bulk 1969-1972)

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Maley, Matthew

Repository

Archives Center
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
202-633-3270
https://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Physical Description

.75 cubic foot, including photographs (2 boxes)

Summary

Collection documents the development, study, and evaluation of gnotobiotic or germ-free patient isolation. During the 1960s, Shriners Burn Unit in Cincinnati, Ohio modified a previously existing unit, the Life Island (Mark V) and subsequently developed their own germ free unit, the Snyder Unit. One of the main developers of the Snyder Unit was Dr. Matthew Maley of Shriners Hospital. Collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, journal articles and trade literature.

Finding Aid

http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC1142.htm

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