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Baseball on the Brain
When they can’t attend games, how does a busy, middle-class family find time for baseball? If they were living in the 19th century and had…
This gallery contains 32 photos.
When they can’t attend games, how does a busy, middle-class family find time for baseball? If they were living in the 19th century and had…
Although the dangers of X-ray exposure were increasingly understood by clinicians and laypeople, a notable exception to this shift in attitude was shoe-stores’ use of the fluoroscope. From the 1920s through the 1950s these machines…
In the Long Shadow of the X-Ray In the U.S., Thomas Edison is most often associated with early X-ray experimentation. His development of the fluoroscope at the turn of the 20th century had a major impact on…
In the Long Shadow of the X-Ray The “light side” of X-rays—the faddishness and popular appeal—is only one side of the story. A major step forward in medical diagnostics and therapy, this new technology saved lives.…