COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Death ray: the tragic and true story of X-ray exploration
Creator:
Peck, Nancy Russell
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Writing
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Writing
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
This thesis presents three sample chapters from a narrative nonfiction book of medical
history. The field is radiology; the time, the turn of the 20th century. The book reveals the
evolution of an ethical dilemma. After its discovery in 1895, the medical field immediately
adopted the x-ray. On the surface it was a spectacular gift to humanity, but underneath, the
invisible ray was silently flexing its greater power. It took five, ten, fifteen years for doctors to
grasp the extent of the x-ray’s side effects and its power to kill. How did the x-ray take the lives
of a young radiology field’s most ambitious operators? What had to be done to resolve the crisis?
history. The field is radiology; the time, the turn of the 20th century. The book reveals the
evolution of an ethical dilemma. After its discovery in 1895, the medical field immediately
adopted the x-ray. On the surface it was a spectacular gift to humanity, but underneath, the
invisible ray was silently flexing its greater power. It took five, ten, fifteen years for doctors to
grasp the extent of the x-ray’s side effects and its power to kill. How did the x-ray take the lives
of a young radiology field’s most ambitious operators? What had to be done to resolve the crisis?
Publisher:
eLearning / Savannah, Ga. : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2014-12
Format:
PDF: 64 p.