The original caption may contain language which is historic and which may no longer be considered appropriate. It has been retained in the record in the interest of historical accuracy.
The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: “Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle. Pix shows the making of radium applicators for the jaw. The shellac baseplate has a cellon window on which the radium needles are placed.”
Cancer of the throat, tonsil, or soft palate may have been treated using radium applicators which held radium, contained in a ‘radium needle’ close to the site of the cancerous cells. This was achieved by creating a plate or shaped device which fit the patient’s mouth or body, and to which a radium needle – a hollow needle-shaped structure containing radium – could be attached. See also MED01/01/3450-3458 and MED01/01/3460-3461. High-resolution copies of this image are available for free for non-commercial use. Please Enquire to place an order.
This is part of the Series: MED01/01 Series of prints; within the Collection: MED01 Topical Press Agency Medical Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Topical Press Agency Limited
Photographer: Harrison, Norman Kingsley
Hospital, Radiography Department, People At Work, Health And Welfare
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