Glass x-ray plate taken at Shepherd’s Bush Military Orthopaedic Hospital

Made:
1919 in Shepherd's Bush
maker:
The Shepherd's Bush Military Orthopaedic Hospital
One glass x-ray plate (of two), in cardboard box One of two glass x-ray plates, in cardboard box

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One glass x-ray plate (of two), in cardboard box
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One of two glass x-ray plates, in cardboard box
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

One glass x-ray plate (of two), in cardboard box, showing the lower leg bones of a patient under the treatment of pioneering orthopaedic surgeon, Sir Robert Jones, almost certainly taken at The Shepherd's Bush Military Orthopaedic Hospital, April 1919.

The plates, taken in April 1919, show the leg bones of a patient who was under the treatment of pioneering orthopaedic surgeon Sir Robert Jones. The identity of the patient is unknown, but from a museum viewpoint they can be taken as physical symbols of the huge number of musculo-skeletal injuries that were a characteristic of First World War casualties.

Details

Category:
Radiomedicine
Object Number:
2004-266/1
Materials:
glass, paper, plastic and textile
Measurements:
overall: 302 mm x 189 mm
type:
x-ray photograph
credit:
Ramsey, Leslie J. (Mr)