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Under the eye of the new RCA color TV camera for medical use, an operation is performed at Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia for viewing by International College of Surgeons. Color Television for Medicine \^jOLOR TELEVISION, expanding into a great new medium of mass communication and entertainment, is assuming added importance today as a vital new tool for medical science. Two recent developments have emphasized the growing interest in compatible color TV as a means for transmitting on-the-spot information from the operating room and the pathological laboratory for diagnosis, consultation, and medical training: —The nation's first installation of compatible color TV for hospital use was announced jointly on Septem- ber 8 by the Walter Reed Atmy Medical Center, Wash- ington, D. C, and RCA. —More than 1,000 American and Canadian sur- geons, meeting in Philadelphia, witnessed on September 12 a major operation televised from the operating room of a nearby hospital by means of a new color television cameta designed by RCA specifically for medical use. First Demonstration of New Camera The Philadelphia demonstration, highlighting the opening session of the 20th Annual Congress of the United States and Canadian sections of the International College of Surgeons, was the first demonstration in action of the compact, 3-Vidicon color camera devel- oped by scientists of the RCA Laboratories for televising surgical operations. Under the "eye" of the new camera, Dr. W. G. Nichols, chief surgeon of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia, removed an internal growth from a 65-year-old patient. The tele- vised image was transmitted by a closed circuit to Phila- delphia's Convention Hall, where it appeared on a 15 x 20 foot theater-size color television screen and on standard 21-inch RCA Vicror color TV sets for viewing by one of the largest professional audiences ever to witness such an event simultaneously. Two studio-type color cameras also were employed during the operation. One provided wide-range roving views of activities in the operating room, including Dr. Nichols' explanation of the surgery to be performed, a brief discussion of x-rays by Dr. George Wohl, Chief Radiologist, and assistance by Dr. Anthony Pietroluongo, Chief Pathologist, in a biopsy. The other camera, em- ployed with a Bausch & Lomb Speed Matic Micro- projector, flashed views of a tissue specimen to the audience of surgeons. Goldsmith Foresees "Super-Clinic of Future" As a prelude to the demonstration, the surgeons heard a discussion by Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, New York television and electronics consultant, on the grow- ing importance of color television as a medical tool. By RADIO AGE 5