Details - Public Health Image Library(PHIL)

ID#:

12038

Caption:

This historic 1965 image depicted Centers for Disease Control (CDC) laboratorian, Carey Callaway, seated at what at the time, was a new transmission electron microscope (TEM). Transmission electron microscopy uses a beam of electrons, which is passed through an extremely thin specimen, and on to an imaging surface, at which point the image becomes visible. Sometimes a fluorescent surface is used, and at other times a sheet of photographic film, or in the case of modern day technology, a digital camera is used to capture the image. The electron microscope is capable of revealing details that are tens of thousands of times smaller than can be seen, by even the highest quality light microscope.

High Resolution:

Click here for hi-resolution image (16.91 MB)

Content Provider(s):

CDC/ C. Duncan

Creation Date:

1965

Photo Credit:

Links:

Categories:

CDC Organization