Betatron
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content: A betatron is a particle accelerator for electrons. This item, part of the first betatron used to treat cancer patients, was installed at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City, in 1952.
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content: Ref: “BETATRON DEMONSTRATED,” New York Times (Dec. 11, 1952), p. 51.
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content: J. S. Laughlin, J. Ovadia, G. Shapiro, and Z. Abdun-Nabi, “High-Power Betatron for Cancer Therapy,” Electronics (Oct. 1953): 146-151. This item, with “MEDICAL BETATRON IRRADIATES PHANTOM MAN,” appears on the cover of the journal.
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content: “John Laughlin, 86, Leader In Radiation Cancer Care,” New York Times (Dec. 25, 2004), p. C7.
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content: “John Seth Laughlin” Physics Today 58 (2005): 75-76.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Cancer
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content: Cancer: Treatment
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0642.01
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content: 1984.0642.01
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content: 1984.0642
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content: betatron unit