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The first such illustrated history explores the evolution and range of X-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and other types of medical imaging, and examines their consequences for medicine, social mores, and art. UP.
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Naked to the Bone : Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century Sloan Technology Series
author
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Kevles, Bettyann.
publisher
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Rutgers University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0813523583
print isbn13
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9780813523583
ebook isbn13
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9780585028033
language
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English
subject
Diagnostic imaging--History, Radiography, Medical--History, Diagnostic Imaging--history, History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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RC78.7.D53K48 1997eb
ddc
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616.07/54/0904
subject
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Diagnostic imaging--History, Radiography, Medical--History, Diagnostic Imaging--history, History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Page i
NAKED TO THE BONE
Page ii
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Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
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NAKED TO THE BONE
Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century
Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Second printing, 1997
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann. Naked to the bone: medical imaging in the twentieth century / Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles. p. cm.(Sloan technology series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8135-2358-3 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Diagnostic imaging-History. 2. Radiography, Medical-History. I. Title. II. Series. RC78.7.D53K48 1997 616.07'54'0904dc2096-2844 CIP
British Cataloging-in-Publication information available
Copyright 1997 by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Image has been removed: no rights.
For Michael Aaron Salzman, born September 23, 1995
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface to the Sloan Technology Series
xiii
Introduction
1
PART I
The X-Ray Years
One
The Discovery of X-Rays: Seeing Is Believing
9
Two
Medical Applications: The Living Body beneath the Skin
33
Three
Technological Innovation 1897-1918: Building a Better Mousetrap
54
Four
Medical Politics between the Wars: Setting Standards
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