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CHAPTER 9DAUGHTER ELEMENTSBy: Jenny, Aaron, Surafel, and Mayson

How did the use of “petites Curies” contribute to the expansion of X-rays after World War 1?

Question 1 pg.126

With the mobile x ray facilities that Marie Curie created, known as “petites Curies”, it further generated more advanced mobile help in later Wars such as in WW2.

Radiography had developed as a profession

U.S. radiologists were assigned to each mobile hospital unit

Work would consist of causalities, foreign body localization, and radiotherapy for infections

Thomas, Adrian. “Military Radiology: Recognizing the Pioneers and Landmarks.” AuntMinnieEurope. AuntMinnieEurope, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Redniss refers to the Merry Widow Health Mine as a radon spa that has positively affected a wide range of the visitor’s medical conditions . Do radon spa’s also negatively affect people’s health?

Question 2 pg.172

Too much radon exposure can increase the risk of lung cancer

It is found that in epidemiological studies on thousands of uranium miners, that breathing in the radon can initiate cancer (alpha particles would damage the cells lining the airways)

Koteles, Gyorgy J. “Radon Risk in Spas?” OMFI. OMFI, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Branching off from question 2, in Europe, how do they see radon therapy as opposed to the U.S.?

Question 3 pg.172

Radon exposure seems to be more controversial in the U.S., while places in Europe consider it a legitimate biomedical treatment

Erickson, Barbara E. “The Therapeutic use of Radon: A Biomedical Treatment in Europe; An ‘Alternative’ Remedy in the United States.” NCBI 5, 1 (2007): 48-62. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Flip to page 158 and 159

What do you think the relevance of the distorted skeletons are?

Who do you think they represent?

Discussion/Activity

Flip to page 168 & 169

What is the white empty space for?

Why is Marie’s dead body glowing?

Why does the color on page 169 seem to fade to black?

Flip to page 171

What does this image of Marie represent?

Why do you think the text is inside her body?

Flip to pages 174 and 175

Pages 72 and 73 were the other pages on the noble prize. Is there any connection between these two pages?

Flip to pages 184 and 185

What do you think the shapes represent?

Why do you think Redniss chose this to conclude the book?

Erickson, Barbara E. “The Therapeutic use of Radon: A Biomedical Treatment in Europe; An ‘Alternative’ Remedy in the United States.” NCBI 5, 1 (2007): 48-62. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Thomas, Adrian. “Military Radiology: Recognizing the Pioneers and Landmarks.” AuntMinnieEurope. AuntMinnieEurope, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Koteles, Gyorgy J. “Radon Risk in Spas?” OMFI. OMFI, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

Works Cited