{"product_id":"radiation-evangelists-by-jeffrey-womack-9780822968092","title":"Radiation Evangelists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadiation Evangelists\u003c\/i\u003e explores X-ray and radium therapy in the United States and Great Britain during a crucial period of its development, from 1896 to 1925. It focuses on the pioneering work of early advocates in the field, the “radiation evangelists” who, motivated by their faith in a new technology, trust in new energy sources, and hope for future breakthroughs, turned a blind eye to the dangers of radiation exposure. Although ionizing radiation effectively treated diseases like skin infections and cancers, radiation therapists—who did not need a medical education to develop or administer procedures or sell tonics containing radium—operated in a space of uncertainty about exactly how radiation worked or would affect human bodies. And yet radium, once a specialized medical treatment, would eventually become a consumer health product associated with the antibacterial properties of sunlight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this cautionary tale of technological medical progress, Jeffrey Womack reveals how practitioners and their patients accepted uncertainty as a condition of their therapy in an attempt to alleviate human suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934194811116,"sku":"9780822968092","price":81.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780822968092-radiation-evangelists.jpg?v=1783903866","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/radiation-evangelists-by-jeffrey-womack-9780822968092","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}