SMJ articles in the category "history of radiology"

Review Article

127 Years of New Orleans Radiology: The Evolution of Practice and Those Who Led It

The history of New Orleans radiology helps us understand how innovative medical ideas are transmitted and adopted and how the specialty evolved to incorporate these new ideas. As radiology became a required component of medical practice, additional expertise was needed. This resulted in the need for standardized specialized training and…

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Review Article

The Early History of New Orleans Radiology and Its Practitioners

Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of the x-ray in late 1895 was relatively quickly shared with the New Orleans community through reports published in 1896 in local newspapers and medical journals. Radiology became popularized through public demonstrations organized by local proponents and was open to both the lay and medical communities. The…

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