X-ray diagnostics and war

Japanese: 《X 線診断学と戦争》 - えっくすせんしんだんがくとせんそう
X-ray diagnostics and war

… In another major application, in medicine, X-rays were used to diagnose fractures and blind-tube gunshot wounds, as they were able to show bones in the hand when X-rays were first discovered. In the United States, X-rays were used to detect the location of a bullet in a patient's leg immediately after the news of the discovery of X-rays spread. During World War I, Madame Curie learned that there were almost no X-ray facilities in field hospitals, let alone hospitals in the rear. She had the first car equipped with X-ray equipment built, and traveled around the field hospitals with her daughter Irene. She later published a book titled Diagnostic X-rays and War (1921). Currently, X-rays are widely used for early detection of stomach cancer, pulmonary infiltration, and pulmonary tuberculosis, and in particular, CT scans have recently made it possible to calculate X-rays of cross sections of the body (X-ray examination). …

*The following is a partial explanation of the term "X-ray Diagnostics and War."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… もう一つの大きな応用分野である医学の面では,X線の発見時にレントゲンが手の骨を写したことから,X線写真が骨折や盲管銃創の診断に役だつことは明白であり,アメリカではX線発見のニュースが伝わった直後に,患者の足に入った弾丸位置の検出に用いられている。また,キュリー夫人は第1次世界大戦のとき,野戦病院はもちろん,後方の病院にもX線の設備がほとんどないことを知り,X線設備をもつ車を初めて作らせ,娘イレーヌとともに野戦病院を巡回し,後に《X線診断学と戦争》と題する本を出版(1921)している。現在では,胃癌などの早期発見をはじめ,肺浸潤,肺結核などの早期発見などに広く利用されており,とくに最近ではCT検査により,身体の横断面のX線写真が計算で出せるようになっている(X線検査)。…

※「《X 線診断学と戦争》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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