This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Radioactive gun aids cancer surgery at MD Anderson
Exclusive hospital photos show a radioactive gun used in cancer operations at University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital. Gold seeds loaded at Oak Ridge are fired as precise bullets into tumors, with X ray guidance and a Geiger counter tracking dose. The procedure in the display equals about sixty shots in one hour, comparable to twenty five minute cobalt treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson
Tumor Institute
Houston
American Cancer Society
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge