Radiation evangelists : technology, therapy, & uncertainty at the turn of the century / Jeffrey Womack.
Womack, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.), author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2020
RM847 .W66 2020
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Title Radiation evangelists : technology, therapy, & uncertainty at the turn of the century / Jeffrey Womack.
Author Womack, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.), author.
ISBN 9780822987437 (electronic book)
0822987430 (electronic book)
0822946092
9780822946090
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (222 pages)
Call Number RM847 .W66 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 615.8/42
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2020).
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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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