Description

Caption: "A continuous liquid-liquid extractor in use for the extraction of steroid sex hormones from body fluids. The extracting fluid is benzene which is being continuously dispersed in a watery phase, thereby extracting and concentrating the sex hormones. In one operation the hormones may be concentrated from 2,000 to as high as 200,000 times. RF photo #21632.

Creator

Rockefeller Foundation

Source

Rockefeller Archive Center, Rockefeller Foundation records, photographs, series 200A, box 82, folder 769

Date

1940-02-08

Rights

To the extent that the donor owns copyright in these materials, he/she has given the Rockefeller Archive Center the authority to grant permission to cite and publish material from the collection for scholarly purposes; however, copyright in some items may be held by their respective creators. Please consult an archivist for further details.

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

002828

Spatial Coverage

New Haven (Conn.) Connecticut

Citation

Rockefeller Foundation, “Yale University - endocrinology continuous extractor,” 100 Years: The Rockefeller Foundation, accessed January 2, 2021, https://rockfound.rockarch.org/digital-library-listing/-/asset_publisher/yYxpQfeI4W8N/content/yale-university-endocrinology-continuous-extractor