Radiation evangelists : technology, therapy, & uncertainty at the turn of the century /

Radiation Evangelists explores X-ray and radium therapy in the United States and Great Britain during a crucial period of its development, from 1896 to 1925.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Womack, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Radiotherapy > History.
X-rays > Therapeutic use > History.
Radiotherapy > United States > History.
Radiothérapie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Radiothérapie > Histoire.
Rayons X > Emploi en thérapeutique > Histoire.
MEDICAL > General.
Radiotherapy
X-rays > Therapeutic use
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Evangelists and Martyrs
  • 1. X-Ray Therapy in the Röntgen Rush
  • 2. Organizing, Proselytizing, and Professionalizing in the Röntgen Rush
  • 3. Professional Combat
  • 4. Uncertainty, the Evangelists, and the Cold Cathode Tube
  • 5. Treating without Knowing
  • 6 Radium Therapy
  • 7. Radium as Consumable Energy
  • Conclusion: Seen but Not Felt
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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