Four gramme radium teletherapy apparatus (the third Westminster Hospital "bomb")

Made:: 1930 in Westminster

maker:: Ernest Rock Carling

Four gramme radium teletherapy apparatus (the third Westminster Hospital "bomb"), made by F. Rock Carling at the hospital, London, 1930.

Details

Category:: Radiomedicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A639429

Materials:: iron, aluminium, steel and shielding, lead

Measurements:: height 1004 mm
length 1890 mm
base: width 845 mm
cupola holder: diameter 357 mm

type:: radium teletherapy apparatus

credit:: Westminster Hospital

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Painting representing radium teletherapy apparatus in use

Painting representing radium teletherapy apparatus in use, display item from Science Museum atomic physics gallery, 1951 - 1954.

Measurements:: height 325 mm
width 370 mm

Materials:: frame, mahogany and cover, glass

Object Number:: A639429 Pt1

type:: paintings

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gallery label for radium teletherapy apparatus from Science Museum atomic physics gallery

Gallery label for radium teletherapy apparatus from Science Museum atomic physics gallery, 1951 - 1954

Measurements:: height 194 mm
width 197 mm

Materials:: board, card and cover, glass

Object Number:: A639429 Pt2

type:: labels

Four Gramme Radium Teletherapy Apparatus