Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital

PART OF:
Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital
Made:
1956-1957 in Sheffield

Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, by Dunford and Elliot, Sheffield, 1956-1957

Details

Category:
Radiomedicine
Object Number:
1986-1516/1
type:
radiotherapy machine
credit:
Churchill Hospital. Dept. of Radiotherapy

Parts

Main unit of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital

Main unit of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital

Main unit of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, by Dunford and Elliot, Sheffield, 1956-1957

Measurements:
overall: 3400 mm x 1000 mm x 9350 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1986-1516/1/1
type:
radiotherapy machine
Components of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital

Components of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital

Components of Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine from the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, by Dunford and Elliot, Sheffield, 1956-1957.

Components include a box of miscellaneous components; two metal panels; a unit with control panel and a smaller unit with two guages reading 5-25.

Measurements:
overall: 680 mm x 1230 mm x 1015 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown) , plastic and unidentified
Object Number:
1986-1516/1/2
type:
radiotherapy machine

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