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Radiology Was Young, and So Was I

Posted June 19, 2007 4:41 PM

From NYTimes.com:

Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths. I grew up in a lead cocoon. My father, Dr. William S. Altman, known as Sol, was a radiologist, and his office and its X-ray machines occupied the first floor of our house in Quincy, Mass. To protect his staff members, his patients and our family from scatter radiation, he lined many walls, floors and doors with lead sheets. We learned to open and close those heavy doors carefully to avoid jamming a finger.

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06/20/2007 9:21 PM

You bring back many memories-now days we have cat scans in Veterinary Schools and I may even live to see the day we have dog scans (just kidding) The evolution you write about happened so slow but then so fast that yesterday just got blown away!

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06/21/2007 10:35 PM

Do you recall the fad of days past when every shoe store of any account had an x-ray machine to see and show off how well their shoes fit on the youngsters being outfitted for first day of school every fall?

Every child got a good dose of radiation to the gonads whether they wanted it or not, good for them of not.

No one will ever know the consequences of such ignorance of the hazards of x-rays.

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