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Title
Edith and Florence Stoney, sisters in radiology / Adrian Thomas, Francis Duck.
ISBN
9783030165611 (electronic book)
3030165612 (electronic book)
9783030165604
3030165604
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-16
Call Number
R895.6.I73 T46 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.07/570922
Summary
This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, however, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienced by the sisters during their lifetimes. Their upbringing, influenced by their liberal-minded scientist father, set the tone for both their lives. Irish independence fractured their family heritage. Their professional experiences, fulfilling for Florence as a qualified doctor but often frustrating for Edith as a Cambridge-educated scientist, mirrored those of other aspiring women during this period, when the suffragist movement expanded and womens lobby groups were formed. World War I created an environment in which their unusual specialist knowledge was widely needed, and the sisters war experiences are carefully examined in the book. But ultimately this is the extraordinary story of two independent but closely bonded sisters and their abiding love and support for one another.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2019).
Series
Springer biographies.
Chapter 1: Dublin
Chapter 2: Oakley Park
Chapter 3: Newnham College, Cambridge
Chapter 4: Cheltenham
Chapter 5: London School of Medicine for Women
Chapter 6: Florence and X-rays
Chapter 7: Teaching Physics
Chapter 8: Challenge and Loss
Chapter 9: Action and Reaction
Chapter 10: Florences War
Chapter 11: Chateau de Chanteloup
Chapter 12: Serbia and Salonika
Chapter 13: Mobile Radiography
Chapter 14: Villers-Cotterêts
Chapter 15: Royaumont Abbey
Chapter 16: Return to Civilian Life
Chapter 17: Family, Retirement and Travel
Chapter 18: Legacy.
