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Physics and medicine: a historical perspective Dr Stephen F Keevil, PhD The Lancet Volume 379, Issue 9825, Pages 1517-1524 (April 2012) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Reproduction of Hippocratic thermography This image was taken 8 min after a cloth soaked in potter's earth was applied to the volunteer's back. The rate at which the cloth dries is related to the temperature of the skin underneath. The region on the right-hand side had previously been heated with a compress. Reproduced from Ostuka and Togawa,2 by permission of IOP Publishing. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Giovanni Borelli's representation of the body as a mechanism Reproduced from Maguet.12 The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Radiograph of Frau Röntgen's hand Circulated to colleagues by Wilhlem Röntgen on Jan 1, 1896. Reproduced from German Roentgen-Museum, Remscheid. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Major Charles Edmund Stanley Phillips, arguably the first true medical physicist Reproduced from the British Institute of Radiology Archive. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 William Valentine Mayneord's rectilinear scanner Reproduced from Maynerord and colleagues,37 by permission of Nature Publishing Group. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 6 One of the world's first megavoltage radiotherapy units at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK, in 1937 Reproduced from Laughlin,45 by permission of the British Institute of Radiology. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 7 Godfrey Hounsfield's first x-ray CT scanner Reproduced from Hounsfiled,51 by permission of the British Institute of Radiology. The Lancet 2012 379, 1517-1524DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions