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By T. Doby and G. Alker. 170 pp. Carbondale, Ill., Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. $29.95. ISBN 0-8093-2010-X.

Our fascination with the complex workings of the brain has only recently been superseded by our morbid obsession to reduce health care expenditures. With one fell swoop, the introduction of computed tomography addressed both these issues and revolutionized outpatient medical care. The history of radiology is perhaps more labyrinthine than its empirical usefulness in patient care suggests.

With the discovery of the roentgen ray (also called x-ray, after the letter accepted in mathematics as representing the unknown), we were finally able to learn more about ourselves by looking within. Of course, this important advance was not made without detractions. Besides . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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