Mitchell Bush and Snake
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Creator: Cohen, Jessie
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1989
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 98-015, Box 2, Folder: October 1989
Head veterinarian of the National Zoological Park Mitchell Bush looks at the internal organs of this bull snake with the aid of a laparoscope. Laparascopy, a common diagnostic procedure in zoos, allows veterinarians to determine the sex of some animals, to remove foreign bodies or tissue for biopsy, and to repair damaged tissues or organs.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in Torch, October 1989
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 98-015, Box 2, Folder: October 1989
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1989
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SIA2011-1030
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Person, Candid ; Medium: Photographic print