X-Ray Viewing Box at Memorial Hospital

Creator

Memorial Hermann Hospital System

Author Biographical Info

Founded on September 1, 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and Smith. It had 17 beds and eight trained nurses on staff. It was the second general hospital established in Houston after St. Joseph Hospital which opened in 1887. It was also the second Baptist-supported hospital in the United States.

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Identifier

IC103-P-551b-001

Publication Date(s)

1930s

Language

English

Description

Radiograph viewer in Memorial Hospital’s radiology department. The images in the upper row are of a kidney and ureters, apparently enhanced by an intravenously-administered iodine contrast medium, which would have been a new concept in the 1930’s. The lower row may be a barium series of the gastrointestinal tract. The use of barium sulfate contrast medium was introduced in 1904. See more at Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection and its finding aid.

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Recommended Citation

Memorial Hermann Hospital System, "X-Ray Viewing Box at Memorial Hospital" (1937). Library Exhibit Images. 152.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/exhibit_construction/152