Identifier	VC410LuseSA02
Title	Dr. Sarah A. Luse standing next to electron microscope
Date.Original	[ca. 1963]
Date.Digital	2004-05-27
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 18 x 13 cm.
Description	Neuropathologist Sarah A. Luse was one of the first to use electron microscopy to study cells in the nervous system and was an authority on the ultramicroscopic changes in brain cells caused by drugs, viruses, and cancer. The electron microscope used beams of electrons instead of visible light, permitting direct magnification of up to 100,000 times. In the mid-1950s, Luse used electron microscopy to show that a particular kind of brain cell was damaged by multiple sclerosis -- a discovery that was considered an important breakthrough in the study of the disease at the time.
Provenance	Transfer
Subject.PersonalName	Luse, Sarah A., 1918-1970
Subject.LCSH	Pathologists; Neuropathologists
Source	VC410
Collection Name	BEYOND TLC - Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions
Relation.IsPartOf	Bernard Becker Medical Library Portrait collection
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8132, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Format	jpeg
Language	English
Type	Photographs
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Contributing Institution	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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