"Uncontrolled" radiation in my youth [was Re: X-Rays at PodiatristOffice]

[Doug Aitken <daitken@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>]

At 05:46 AM 3/10/2004 -0800, John Jacobus wrote:

>..............

>Generally, the use of x-rays in podiatry is not

>routine, i.e., the patient does not get one every

>visit.



How things change! Growing up in the UK in the early '50s, I well remember 

that the department store shoe department had a neat device that you stood 

on and looked down at a "live" x-ray of your feet in your new shoes (to 

check for fit). (I think it was called a "fluoroscope" or some such name).



Of course, for a kid, this was a big deal, to see the bones of your feet 

wiggling around in the outline of your shoes! And we kids would spend a lot 

of time on those machines. Even loved accompanying big sisters to the shoe 

department, just so we could check out our feet.



Operator control???? Dose measurements??? I think the machine was on 

constantly during store hours...



In the same period, I also had weekly doses of high-intensity UV from a 

home UV lamp (a monster of German origin). This was pretty radical in those 

days, but my family (along with our neighbors) were into that kind of 

"cutting-edge" home therapy!)

I remember we had these neat little dark glasses (like mini-swimmers 

goggles) that we had to wear to prevent our eyes getting blinded by the 

intense light (and the cool stink of ozone the lamp generated!). All for 

the good of my health.......



I seem to have come out of it without deleterious effects!



Regards

Doug

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