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THE 1950s

# Lab Work

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In a clinical pathology laboratory, caregivers analyzed blood and other patient samples to diagnose disease. Today, Cleveland Clinic’s Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute processes more than 20 million tests annually.

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