{"product_id":"radiation-evangelists-technology-therapy-and-uncertainty-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9780822968092","title":"Radiation Evangelists: Technology, Therapy, and Uncertainty at the Turn of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey Womack\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadiation Evangelists\u003c\/i\u003e explores X-ray and radium therapy in the United States and Great Britain during a crucial period of its development, from 1896 to 1925. It focuses on the pioneering work of early advocates in the field, the \"radiation evangelists\" who--motivated by their faith in a new technology, trust in new energy sources, and hope for future breakthroughs--turned a blind eye to the dangers of radiation exposure. Although ionizing radiation effectively treated diseases like skin infections and cancers, radiation therapists--who did not need a medical education to develop or administer procedures or sell tonics containing radium--operated in a space of uncertainty about exactly how radiation worked or would affect human bodies. And yet radium, once a specialized medical treatment, would eventually become a consumer health product associated with the antibacterial properties of sunlight. In this cautionary tale of technological medical progress, Jeffrey Womack reveals how practitioners and their patients accepted uncertainty as a condition of their therapy in an attempt to alleviate human suffering.\u003cbr\u003eIn this cautionary tale of technological medical progress, Jeffrey Womack reveals how practitioners and their patients accepted uncertainty as a condition of their therapy in an attempt to alleviate human suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47567925444759,"sku":"9780822968092","price":2534.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780822968092.webp?v=1774864477","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/radiation-evangelists-technology-therapy-and-uncertainty-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9780822968092","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}