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Photograph caption dated March 10, 1955 reads, "Drs. George N. Thompson, right, and George M. Campion, both of Sherman Oaks, look over newly installed electreencephalograph [sic] at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank. Device, which does for brain what electrocardiograph does for heart, is believed to be only one in Valley hospitals, [sic] Machine enables specialists to locate brain lesions and frequently to determine causes by means of electrodes attached to scalp."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Ambulatory electroencephalography--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Electroencephalography--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Hospitals--Electric equipment--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Physicians--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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