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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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itness to his unfailingcordiality, his keen personal interest inall who took their problems to him, andhis kindness and courtesy to his patients. Mackenzie Davidsonsnatural bent toward physics gave him early a familiarity with the ex-perimental andpractical phases ofelectricity andlight (and, bythe way, ofthis store ofknowledge hegave freelytoward theeducation ofthe public bypopular lec-tures, lavishlyillustrated bycostly experi-ments). Nat-urally, David-s o n wasprompt in rec-ognizing theimportance ofRoentgen sdiscovery andits import to thefuture of medicineand surgery. He at once setabout the production ofthe roentgen rays, and was ^* J^ ^-^^probably the first in Scotland to produceand utilize the new rays. He continuedhis investigations in Aberdeen until in1897 he removed to London, where hecontinued his work until his death. His interest in physics and a naturalgenius for invention led him all his lifeto continue his efforts to improve old anddevise new roentgen ray apparatus. His
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invention of the stereofluoroscoije hasalready been referred to, as well as hiscross-thread localizer. Davidson was sothoroughly impressed with the value ofthe stereoscopic method that he not onlytaught it but consistently practiced it inpractically all his examinations. In 1890. he described a new form ofrotary mercury interrupter, which cameinto general use as theMackenzie Davidsonbreak. One of his latestinventions was aroentgen ray couch(described last yearin the pages ofthis Journal)especially de-signed for warwork and per-mitting veryrapid localiza-tion of foreignbodies. A furthera c c o m p 1 ish-ment of ourdistinguishedfriend was thedevelopmentof a telephoneat t a c h m e n tfor use in lo-calizing for-eign bodies.This was atelephonic attach-ment to forceps\\hich could be opened toinclude the foreign body aswell as to act as a probe.This and his cross-thread localizer weretested out in the South African war, as wellas during the European war just closing. In addition to his inte

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