Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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The Miami Valley Hospital Department of X-ray JOHN T. MGGREER, M. D. A -RAY AS a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure is an accepted medical practice. It is hard to realize that this ray was unknown until 1895, when Professor Roentgen discovered a ray which passed through various substances which are opaque to ordinary light. As early as 1896 physicians began experimenting with x-rays as a therapeutic measure. The importance of x-ray in the care of the sick and injured was recognized early by the attending staff of this hospital. Just ten years after this amazing discovery, the first x-ray equipment was installed under the direction of Doctor W. H. Delscamp, one of the pioneer roentgenologists in America. The unit was placed in the Patterson Surgery building. As the hospital grew and the value of x-rays in medicine became better understood the department was moved to larger quarters in the basement of the same building. New and improved equipment was added at that time. With the completion of the New Surgical Building in 1925 the x-ray department was again moved. The new space included leaded walls for the protection of personnel, an especially designed dark room for the processing of Hlms, fluoroscopic and radiographic equipment was purchased, A well-planned therapy room was included for the future installation of such equipment. Under the able direction of Doctor Delscamp, with the assistance of Miss Mabel Sweetnam, the volume of work in the department increased rapidly. As a result Doctor Delscamp found it increas- ingly diH'icult to meet the demands of his downtown office and those of the hospitalg therefore in August, 1939, Doctor John T. McGreer was appointed full time director of the department. This last year the need of again enlarging the department was recognized by the attending staff and the board of directors. As a result new equipment was installed throughout the department. An important addition was the deep x-ray therapy unit, the space for it having been provided Fifteen years before. The work of the department is not confined to hospitalized patients, but extends to doctors and out- patients for treatment and diagnosis. The department at present includes the director, and four technicians. J' 48 -L-

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