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History of use and abuse of X-ray: the early 20(th) century Italian pediatrics school

In our paper we report a brief history of the X-rays discovery and discuss the implications of their use and abuse in the Italian pedriatic schools of the early 20(th) century. Indeed, history of the X-ray treatment in the Italian Pediatric School has not yet been well studied. Even if the scientifi...

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Autores principales: Vardeu, Maria Francesca, Larentis, Omar, Vecchio, Ignazio, Gorini, Ilaria, Martini, Mariano, Bragazzi, Nicola, D’Ambra, Angela, Ruggieri, Martino, Tornali, Cristina
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Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7569597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32191663
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i1.8646
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author Vardeu, Maria Francesca
Larentis, Omar
Vecchio, Ignazio
Gorini, Ilaria
Martini, Mariano
Bragazzi, Nicola
D’Ambra, Angela
Ruggieri, Martino
Tornali, Cristina
author_facet Vardeu, Maria Francesca
Larentis, Omar
Vecchio, Ignazio
Gorini, Ilaria
Martini, Mariano
Bragazzi, Nicola
D’Ambra, Angela
Ruggieri, Martino
Tornali, Cristina
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description In our paper we report a brief history of the X-rays discovery and discuss the implications of their use and abuse in the Italian pedriatic schools of the early 20(th) century. Indeed, history of the X-ray treatment in the Italian Pediatric School has not yet been well studied. Even if the scientific experience of many physicians is well known in literature, a summary was missing. In Italy, in 1900, exposure to Röntgenand ultraviolet radiation or to large amounts of solar rays was a widespread medical practice, especially in several pediatric schools. During those years, diagnosis and treatment of childhood pathologies underwent considerable changes, especially after the twenties, when scientists developed an unquestionable trust in the therapeutic properties of radiation, considered harmless at that time. We report the main steps of the scientific research of the early 20(th) century in Italy. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-75695972020-10-21 History of use and abuse of X-ray: the early 20(th) century Italian pediatrics school Vardeu, Maria Francesca Larentis, Omar Vecchio, Ignazio Gorini, Ilaria Martini, Mariano Bragazzi, Nicola D’Ambra, Angela Ruggieri, Martino Tornali, Cristina Acta Biomed Original Article In our paper we report a brief history of the X-rays discovery and discuss the implications of their use and abuse in the Italian pedriatic schools of the early 20(th) century. Indeed, history of the X-ray treatment in the Italian Pediatric School has not yet been well studied. Even if the scientific experience of many physicians is well known in literature, a summary was missing. In Italy, in 1900, exposure to Röntgenand ultraviolet radiation or to large amounts of solar rays was a widespread medical practice, especially in several pediatric schools. During those years, diagnosis and treatment of childhood pathologies underwent considerable changes, especially after the twenties, when scientists developed an unquestionable trust in the therapeutic properties of radiation, considered harmless at that time. We report the main steps of the scientific research of the early 20(th) century in Italy. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2020 2020-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7569597/ /pubmed/32191663 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i1.8646 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Vardeu, Maria Francesca
Larentis, Omar
Vecchio, Ignazio
Gorini, Ilaria
Martini, Mariano
Bragazzi, Nicola
D’Ambra, Angela
Ruggieri, Martino
Tornali, Cristina
History of use and abuse of X-ray: the early 20(th) century Italian pediatrics school
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title_fullStr History of use and abuse of X-ray: the early 20(th) century Italian pediatrics school
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title_short History of use and abuse of X-ray: the early 20(th) century Italian pediatrics school
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7569597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32191663
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i1.8646
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