- EAN13
- 9782759830343
- Éditeur
- EDP sciences
- Date de publication
- 31/07/2023
- Collection
- SCIENCES ET HISTOIRES
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Gaston Contremoulins, 1869 - 1950
Visionary Pioneer of Radiology - Forgotten heritage
Patrick Mornet
EDP sciences
Sciences Et Histoires
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How could a self-taught scholar of the calibre of Gaston Contremoulins be
forgotten? Driven by his fascination with photography and the discovery of
X-rays by Roentgen in 1897, he was the first to invent a device capable of
locating intracranial foreign bodies. He thus anticipated the development of
stereotaxis, so crucial to modern medicine half a century later. He was
recognized and appointed director of the main radiology department of Necker
Hospital in Paris. Yet he was not a doctor! His design of a complete
radiological technology for three-dimensional visualization was a work of
genius, foreshadowing the principles of the CT scanner. His interest in
orthopedic problems led him to develop sophisticated uses of radiographic
images to manufacture prostheses and fusion instruments, thus founding a field
he called «radiosurgery». He was a pioneer in radiation protection measures,
fighting the widespread and erroneous belief that X-rays were harmless!
Although he was vigorously defended by the Academy of Science and the great
surgeons of the Paris Hospital, his enemies managed to erase his name and work
from the historical archives. This work by Patrick Mornet places Contremoulins
in his rightful position in the history of radiology: at the front!
forgotten? Driven by his fascination with photography and the discovery of
X-rays by Roentgen in 1897, he was the first to invent a device capable of
locating intracranial foreign bodies. He thus anticipated the development of
stereotaxis, so crucial to modern medicine half a century later. He was
recognized and appointed director of the main radiology department of Necker
Hospital in Paris. Yet he was not a doctor! His design of a complete
radiological technology for three-dimensional visualization was a work of
genius, foreshadowing the principles of the CT scanner. His interest in
orthopedic problems led him to develop sophisticated uses of radiographic
images to manufacture prostheses and fusion instruments, thus founding a field
he called «radiosurgery». He was a pioneer in radiation protection measures,
fighting the widespread and erroneous belief that X-rays were harmless!
Although he was vigorously defended by the Academy of Science and the great
surgeons of the Paris Hospital, his enemies managed to erase his name and work
from the historical archives. This work by Patrick Mornet places Contremoulins
in his rightful position in the history of radiology: at the front!
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