Re: Shoe Store FLuoro

[pward@iastate.edu]

The only report of radiation injury from shoe store fluoroscopes of which I
am aware is an anecdote passed on by Professor G. Hoyt Whipple in one of my
early rad health courses in grad school.  Supposedly, an attractive young
woman who was hired to "demonstrate" the fluoroscopic devices at a 
convention/trade show sometime in the 'forties spent a few days wiggling her
toes in the X-ray beam.  She eventually had to have both feet amputated as a
result of radiation-induced necrosis.

Again, this is strictly a classroom anecdote.  I have no reason to doubt it,
but I also have no references or other substantiation.

Standard Disclaimer: These opinions are soley my own. If management agrees
with me, it strictly coincidental (and unusual).  

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Paul Ward
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