Gemstone Hardness The Mohs scale of mineral hardness was created by German mineralogist, Friedrich Mohs, in 1822 to measure the relative hardness or scratch resistance of various minerals. He based it on ten readily available minerals.
What ASCs Are Not. ASCs are not rural health clinics, urgent care centers or ambulatory care centers that provide diagnostic or primary health care services. ASCs treat only patients who have already seen a health care provider and selected surgery as the appropriate treatment for their condition. ASCs are not physicians' offices either.
Ambulatory Surgical Center. The Emory Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is located across the street from Emory University Hospital in the B Clinic building. The ASC has six operating rooms and six endoscopy suites. They perform over 6,500 surgical procedures and over 8,000 endoscopy procedures every year.