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Acta Medica Medianae Correspondence to: Rade R. Babić Institut za radiologiju Klinički centar Niš Bulevar Zorana Djindjića br. 48 18000 Niš, Srbija E-mail:gordanasb@nadlanu.com
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From the
history of medicine
Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867-1934) - CONTRIBUTION TO WAR RADIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Rade R. Babić and Gordana Stanković Babić
Institute for Radiology, Clinical Center Niš
Marie Skłodowska Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw (Poland). She suffered from leukemia and died on June 4, 1934. She was buried with full honors at Panteon. Marie Skłodowska Curie introduced the term radioactivity into science. During World War I, Marie Skłodowska Curie was working on creating the mobile x-ray room, the so-called "radiologic car". Maria Sklodovska Kiri installed the x-ray machine into a car, and showed in practice how to use its dynamo for electric power production necessary for the work of the x-ray mashine. She made 20 cars with moving radiology lab and trained 150 people to work on them. She introduced something really new into military medicine - a mobile radiology diagnostics. With the discovery of radioactive elements, a new medical branch – radiotherapy, was developed. Acta Medica Medianae 2010(1):70-72.
Key words: Maria Sklodovska Kiri, radiology, x-ray, radioterapy
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