Roentgen IV X-ray set
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The Roentgen IV was the main x-ray machine produced for the National Health Service in the years after the Second World War. Millions of people were screened on machines like this, and in mobile x-ray units. They helped the NHS eradicate tuberculosis by 1956.
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[edit] How it works
The Roentgen IV is a large induction coil raising a voltage of 1000s of Volts. This is then sent down high-tension wires to the x-ray tube where it produced x-rays. These are captured on a photographic plate under the patient. Bones absorb more x-rays than soft tissue, and so an image is formed on the photographic plate, allowing doctors to see what is happening inside the patient.
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[edit] In the Science Museum
The Science Museum acquired this from Langthorne Hospital. Inv. No: 1979-196
This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.[edit] Images
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