Up for sale is a very rare Picker XRay machine. We have not tested fully but we did power up the unit and it did power up. Harvey Picker (December 8, 1915 March 22, 2008) was an American businessman, educator, inventor, and philanthropist. He was the founder, along with his wife, Jean, of the Boston-based Picker Institute, whose goal was to promote patient-centered healthcare. Picker’s father, James, founded Picker X-ray, which was acquired by General Electric Co. Of England in 1981, which produced air-dropped X-ray labs for the Army in World War II and the Korean War. The younger Harvey led the company into such pioneering fields as cobalt treatment for cancer and ultrasound and nuclear imaging diagnostics. He worked briefly in the diplomatic service, taught political science at Colgate University. Picker believed that the American health care system was technologically and scientifically outstanding, but overall was not sensitive to patients’ concerns and their comfort. Thus, in 1986, they founded the Picker Institute a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing a patient-centered approach to healthcare and in 2000 founded the Picker Institute Europe. Jean Picker, who died in 1990, served as a U. Delegate to the United Nations and was a journalist for Life Magazine. The Picker Institute ceased operations in January 2013. The item “Vintage Antique Picker X Ray Machine Rare Find X-Ray Doctor XRay” is in sale since Sunday, September 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Healthcare, Lab & Life Science\Dental Equipment\Dental Chairs & Stools”. The seller is “the_vintage_gear_guys” and is located in Roseville, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
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