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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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