Suffering and Death among Early American Roentgenologists
The Power of Remotely Anatomizing the Living Body in Fin de Siècle America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15024931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel S Goldberg (0000-0003-1843-7422, East Carolina University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2011.0011 |
| PMID | 21551915 |
| OpenAlex | W2046554808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This manuscript has two aims. First, I extend the historiography on early American roentgenology that demonstrates that dozens of early adopters knowingly suffered intense pain, mutilation, and death for the sake of the X-ray. The objective is to pinpoint as precisely as possible when and to what extent the roentgenologists knew of the life-threatening risks of X-ray exposure. Second, I articulate a partial explanation for their behavior that is rooted in the social power of remotely anatomizing the living body in fin de siècle American scientific and medical culture
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |