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December 31, 1939
Mcallen Daily Press
Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas
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St. John's Hospital in Cleveland installs one of the two most powerful 1,000,000-volt x-ray therapy units in the US, compact and equivalent to $90M in radium, for cancer treatment.
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Hospital Obtains One Of Two Most Powerful X-Rays
CLEVELAND, Dec. 30—(INS)—One of the two most powerful x-ray therapy units in the United States has been installed at St. John's Hospital, Cleveland.
The unit, with capacity of 1,000,000 volts, is equalled in size only by the similar unit recently installed in New York's Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases.
Aside from its power, the most remarkable thing about the machine is its compactness. A few years ago units operating at 500,000 volts required a special building 62 feet long, 32 feet wide and 36 feet high. The new unit at St. John's will be housed in an ordinary hospital room and a small adjoining cubicle, with the treatment room on the floor above.
Complete with its lead insulation, to protect patients and operators from cumulative effects of the rays, the unit weighs but 4,000 pounds.
The quality of therapeutic radiation developed by the machine would require eight and one half pounds of radium if the metal were used. At the current price, this would cost approximately $90,000,000. Besides, there are only about 11 ounces of radium in the country.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 30—(INS)—One of the two most powerful x-ray therapy units in the United States has been installed at St. John's Hospital, Cleveland.
The unit, with capacity of 1,000,000 volts, is equalled in size only by the similar unit recently installed in New York's Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases.
Aside from its power, the most remarkable thing about the machine is its compactness. A few years ago units operating at 500,000 volts required a special building 62 feet long, 32 feet wide and 36 feet high. The new unit at St. John's will be housed in an ordinary hospital room and a small adjoining cubicle, with the treatment room on the floor above.
Complete with its lead insulation, to protect patients and operators from cumulative effects of the rays, the unit weighs but 4,000 pounds.
The quality of therapeutic radiation developed by the machine would require eight and one half pounds of radium if the metal were used. At the current price, this would cost approximately $90,000,000. Besides, there are only about 11 ounces of radium in the country.
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Medical Curiosity
Curiosity
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Recovery
Triumph
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X Ray Therapy
St Johns Hospital
Cleveland
Radiation Unit
Medical Technology
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St. John's Hospital, Cleveland
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St. John's Hospital, Cleveland
Event Date
Dec. 30
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St. John's Hospital in Cleveland installs one of the two most powerful x-ray therapy units in the US, with 1,000,000 volts capacity, compact design housed in ordinary rooms, weighing 4,000 pounds, and equivalent to eight and one half pounds of radium worth $90,000,000.