https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/76?output=atom <![CDATA[Heritage]]> 2024-03-29T13:53:35+00:00 Omeka https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/76 <![CDATA[Heavy current x-ray tube]]> After the discovery of X-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, Macintyre demonstrated the use of X-rays in medicine and went on to set up the radiology department of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1896. ]]> 2021-05-25T08:59:00+00:00

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Title

Heavy current x-ray tube

Description

Pictured here is an X-ray tube originally from the Radiology Department of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Glasgow was the first city in the world to have an official radiology unity in a hospital, set up by physician and engineer, Dr John Macintyre.
After the discovery of X-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, Macintyre demonstrated the use of X-rays in medicine and went on to set up the radiology department of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1896.

Creator

Unknown

Date

c. 1920s

Identifier

2018.11.4
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