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

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Womack, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780822987437
0822987430

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Radiation Evangelists : Technology, Therapy, and Uncertainty at the Turn of the Century.DDC classification:

615.8/42 23

LOC classification:

RM847 .W66 2020

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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

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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