Re: Early radiologic practices

["Gibbs, S Julian" <s.julian.gibbs@vanderbilt.edu>]

Therapeutic radiation was used for "whatever ails you" 
until the 50s or thereabouts.  When I was a teenager my 
face was irradiated for acne and my scalp for dandruff--by 
a dermatologist who was highly regarded.  At least it 
was low energy x ray.  Such was standard practice.  
Needless to say, I am keeping a close watch.

The publications about followup studies in individuals 
that got thymic irradiation as newborns were authored by 
Louis Hempelmann of the University of Rochester.  A search 
by author with the name misspelled is not likely to work.  
I think his last paper on this subject was in Radiation 
Research ca 1985.  He also wrote on followups in women 
after breast irradiation for postpartum mastitis.

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