Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology

• Main Authors: Thomas, Adrian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Duck, Francis (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Medicine .; Health.; Radiology.; Medicine-History.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; History of Medicine.

This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, however, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienc...