Patient being x-rayed with portable x-ray while Dr. A. Powell Davies looks on
Title
Patient being x-rayed with portable x-ray while Dr. A. Powell Davies looks on
Subject
Polish Medical Mission
Description
X-ray had become such a critical piece of equipment since WWI that it was one of the first pieces of equipment that needed to be imported to the hospital. Just a few decades earlier, Röntgen rays (X-ray) was discovered in 1895, and the phenomenon became quickly utilized to create diagnostic instrumentation, especially useful for lung and bone conditions, two parts of of the body that is particularly important for miners.
Creator
Alex Chen
Source
Work 19. USCA, Audiovisual Records, Photographs, 1941-1986, bMS 16181/5 (7) , Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard University
Date
1947
Rights
Andover-Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, Archives
Type
Photograph
Files
Citation
Alex Chen, “Patient being x-rayed with portable x-ray while Dr. A. Powell Davies looks on,” Mapping Cultural Space Across Eurasia, accessed November 29, 2023, https://eurasia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/907.
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