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Re: Radiation history: Old picture





P. Brown, American Martyrs, C.C. Thomas, Springfield, 1936?



> From: Dave Derenzo <dave@UIC.EDU>

> Reply-To: Dave Derenzo <dave@UIC.EDU>

> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:13:51 -0600

> To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Radiation history: Old picture

> 

> Bjorn et.al.,

> 

> I am familiar with the picture.  It is a photo of William Morton

> (1845-1920) in about 1896.  I am sending Bjorn a copy to him directly.  See

> the following URL which contains many photos and a great deal of

> information about the history of radiology.

> 

> http://www.xray.hmc.psu.edu/rci/centennial.html

> 

> Dave Derenzo, RSO

> University of Illinois at Chicago

> 

> At 06:16 AM 12/13/01, you wrote:

>> Dear Radsafers,

>> 

>> I scanned a photocopy of a picture of X-rays in the "old days":

>> http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/Radtopics/accid_hist.html

>> 

>> The book from which I photocopied this picture (in the seventies...) has

>> probably been thrown away (the whole radiobiology library at the Univ. of

>> Stockholm was scrapped a few years ago) - the corresponding dept. has

>> another orientation today...

>> 

>> I wonder if anyone could point at the exact source (Brown 1936 - probably

>> an indirect reference) - and perhaps even better - help me with a better

>> picture - for the benefit of all interested Radsafers.

>> 

>> The practice of holding the hand between the X-ray tube and a fluorescent

>> screen to see the bones probably caused a lot of early severe burns and

>> tragedies (see the book by Grubbe from the mid 1940:ies if you can find it

>> - horrible reading - he had 83 operations of his fingers, had no lips so

>> he would speak in public because few people could understand him and so

>> on). By that time (before say 1910) it took perhaps more than ten minutes

>> to warm up such a tube...

>> 

>> Please comment or correct whatever if you can give more details for the

>> context. Any other "old pix" are also of interest - I can always ask the

>> publisher for a permission to post them and then again they could be

>> available for interested Radsafers.

>> 

>> Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

>> 

>> 

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