Pneumatic transfer radium teletherapy machine installed at the Royal Cancer Hospital in 1936

Made:
1936 in London

Pneumatic transfer radium teletherapy machine installed at the Royal Cancer Hospital in 1936, later converted to use a cobalt 60 source, by Bryant Symons and Co., London, 1936

Details

Category:
Radiomedicine
Object Number:
1979-224
Materials:
iron, steel, plastic, safe, lead and shielding, depleted uranium
Measurements:
overall: 19 kg
type:
radium teletherapy apparatus
credit:
Royal Marsden Hospital