Word: getup
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...germicidal property of Hart light has one disadvantage. Duke Hospital surgeons must wear grotesque, hooded operating costumes, otherwise repeated exposure to the radiation would dangerously "sunburn" them. With their hoods they also wear goggles impervious to the radiation. This getup, admitted Dr. Hart, "is rather warm and uncomfortable. A more agreeable and adequate protection ... is now being developed...