Gaston Contremoulins, 1869 - 1950 : : Visionary Pioneer of Radiology - Forgotten heritage / / Patrick Mornet.

How could a self-taught scholar of the calibre of Gaston Contremoulins be forgotten? Driven by his fascination with photography and the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen in 1897, he was the first to invent a device capable of locating intracranial foreign bodies. He thus anticipated the development of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EDP Sciences Contemporary eBook-Package 2016-2020
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Place / Publishing House:Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Sciences et Histoire
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Physical Description:1 online resource (195 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Translator’s Preface
  • Second Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I Learning
  • Chapter II The Adventure of X-rays
  • Chapter III The Metroradiography Service at Necker Hospital
  • Chapter IV The Quarrel: Doctors vs. Non-Doctors
  • Chapter V Radiosurgery
  • Chapter VI Radiation Protection
  • Chapter VII Contremoulins and Money
  • Chapter VIII Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography