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Most children hate being fitted with new shoes-unless they are taken to a store where they can look at their toes in an X-ray fitting machine. Then it's fun. But last week, in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Charles R. Williams of the Harvard School of Public Health warned about the harm that this type of fun might cause, through overexposure to X rays...
...prescribed dosage of 100 roentgens had been delivered to the patient, it shut itself off. "O.K.," said Laughlin, "that's it." Thus the University of Illinois unveiled its betatron, the first of such power to be used in the U.S. for medical treatment.* Its advantage over earlier X-ray producers, most of which generate no more than a sixtieth of its power, is in the penetrating power of its high-speed, ultra-shortwave rays. Ordinary rays do most of their work at the skin surface or just below it, and are then dissipated. In large doses they cause serious...
...been used experimentally to treat eight patients since February. Directors of the Canadian project are not yet ready to report results. * Patients with cancer so widespread as to be considered hopeless will not be treated with the betatron. Also, many common types of cancer cells do not yield to X-ray treatment...
This week, Behr-Manning began foiling imitators. Henceforth, its trademark will be stamped with a special ink on every piece of Norzon. Even when hidden by the lining, the stamp will show up under an X-ray machine such as many shoe stores now use for fitting...
...example, the experts were asked how much radiation a man could stand over a few hours without showing symptoms of illness. The answers ranged from 25 roentgens (the standard measure of X-ray dosage) to 1,000. Another question was how much radiation would be needed to knock out of combat 90% of exposed persons within a few hours; answers varied from 100 roentgens...