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The rays : a history of radiology in the United States and Canada / Ruth and Edward Brecher.
LIBRA Rare RM849 .B63 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brecher, Ruth.
- Brecher, Edward M., author, writer of introduction.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical radiology--History.
- Medicine--United States.
- Medicine.
- Medical radiology.
- History.
- United States.
- Medicine--Canada.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Becker, Joseph M. (former owner)
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Huntington, New York : Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, 1969.
- Contents:
- Part I. The Year of Discovery (1895-1899). Prelude and Discovery; The North American Pioneers; The Dual Role of Thomas Alva Edison; Early Equipment; Putting X Rays to Work; Francis H. Williams: America's First Radiologist; But How Safe are the Roentgen Rays?; Postscript: The Curious Case of Emil H. Grubbé
- Part II. The Gas-Tube Years (1897-1913). Enter the Radiologist; Learning to See with the X Rays; The X Rays in Therapy; Rays from Radium Too; With Death in Their Fingertips; Early Radiation Safeguards
- Part III. Radiology Comes of Age. Enter the Coolidge Tube; Other Advances in Equipment; The Growth of Radiology; Progress in X-Ray Diagnosis; Improvements in Diagnostic Equipment; Progress in Radiation Therapy; Radiological Organizations and Publications
- Part IV. Radiology in the Nuclear Era. The 1918 Beginnings; Supervoltage; Particles in Therapy; The Radioisotopes (Radionuclides); Radiation Hazards and Safeguards in the Nuclear Era
- Epilogue-The Future of Radiology / Kenneth L. Krabbenhoft, M.D.
- Notes:
- Originally published by Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to Penn Libraries by Joseph M. Becker, M.D. in 2011.
- Kislak Becker copy has "Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company" pasted over original publisher statement.
- OCLC:
- 18800664
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