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Duke Hospital, InterCom
A coiisolklHtion of two smaller labs into
oiu! allows more efficient pro(tessing of material
ill the new clinieal liistolo^y laboratory. These
teclinieians, ably directed by Mr. .1. Phillip
Pickett, process every piece of ti.ssue sent to
patholoffy, either from surgery or from au-
top.sy. In the foreground is a new and
ei^icient machine for cutting frozen sections
more perfectly and more quickly than can be
done manually. From left to right are Miss
Roe Coltellaro, Mrs. Penny Guazzo, Bill
Green, Bob Pendergrass, Mrs. Ursiila Pope,
Mrs. Evelyn Dean, Bernard Lloyd, Mrs.
Lyndel Thompson, Mrs. Beverly Kllen, Mrs.
P>etty Schlitz and Mrs. Nora Hayes.
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Here Miss Patsy Kamey and Mrs. Lureese Kapj) are at
work in the new cytology laboratory. This is the laboratory
that processes all of the medical clinics’ Papanicolaou cervical
smears, and the gastric and bronchial Avashings. The “Pap”
smears are w'ell known to most women as a diagnostic tool
which has done so much to detect cervical cancers in their
early stages. The processing of these smears as well as of the
smears of gastric, and bronchial washings, require specially
trained technicians.
Mr. J. Phillip Pickett, a mainstay of the
pathology department for fifteen years, is
shown preparing to use the new cryostat. This
gadget is used to cut frozen sections of materi
al for various research projects, without in
terfering w’ith the routine, clinical frozen sec
tion work. The actual cutting is done manual
ly and since the temperature inside the cryo
stat is very low, the operator’s arms reach
into the box through wooly sleeves. Mr.
Pickett is the chief technician in charge of
the histology lab and also engages in research
and in the teaching of technicians and stu
dents.