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Varied Uses. This device, an obvious outgrowth of TV techniques, has been worked on by many designers. Inventors of the Lumicon are Physicist Ralph E. Sturm and Radiologist Russell H. Morgan, who did their work at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Bendix bought their patents and hired Sturm to perfect the Lumicon and get it into production...
...keep in suing trim, Gina last year got entangled in suits involving 1) ownership of a house, 2) a Turin vermouth firm (for using her picture to advertise its wine), 3) a radiologist (who charged that Gina had welched on a 15,000 lire X-ray bill...
Moreover, argued Radiologist Garland, many victims of lung cancer do not submit to surgery promptly after diagnosis, so they get no benefit from the procedure. Worst of all, surgery adds but little to the life expectancy in most cases. Concluded Dr. Garland: "The yield in lives actually saved or even made more comfortable by this [Xray] program . . . appears to be so small that one cannot urge its imposition on the general public...
...Lung cancer, usually rated as hard to diagnose until it is far advanced, may be detectable in its earliest stages, suggested Radiologist Leo G. Rigler of the University of Minnesota. Rereading of chest X rays taken as long as nine years before the patients were found to have lung cancer revealed abnormal shadows and marks.Dr. Rigler believes that these were danger signals, not recognized in time...
...department in Milwaukee announced this week that, in cooperation with both government and private organizations, it would produce a new 6,000,000-volt electron gun for treating cancer. The gun was designed by Professor Edward L. Ginzton, head of Stanford's Microwave Laboratory, and Radiologist Henry S. Kaplan of Stanford Medical School. Treating cancer with X-rays has always been a tricky business, due to the danger of radiation injuries to healthy tissue while trying to reach the cancerous areas. The new gun, using high-voltage rays, minimizes the danger of injuring skin and bone marrow. As electron...