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British Journal of Radiology (1992) 65, 1-8
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doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-65-769-1
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Striking a balance: benefit and risk in man's exposure to man-made radiations

R. J. Berry, DPhil, MD, FRCP, FRCR, MFOM

British Nuclear Fuels plc, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6AS, UK

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It is indeed an honour to be invited to give the Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture, and awesome when one considers the Hall of Fame represented by one's predecessors, starting with Lord Rutherford in 1918. Silvanus Thompson was the first President of the Roentgen Society, the forerunner of the BIR. Well ahead of his time, he would have today been labelled a "communicator". Born in York in 1851 he took his first degree in London in 1869 and returned to York as a Science Master. In 1876 he was appointed Professor of Experimental Physics in Bristol and in 1885 moved to the post of Principal Professor of Physics at the City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury, which he held until his death in 1916. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891, he followed his Presidency of the Roentgen Society in 1897, for the first year of its life, by the Presidency of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1899, the Physical Society in 1901 and the Optical Society in 1905. His was a key role in founding the multidisciplinary and broadly based organization that the British Institute of Radiology remains to this day.

Despite the euphoria that surrounded Roentgen's description of X rays, some of the risks of exposure to these novel radiations became apparent very early. The first publication of Roentgen's discovery in the English language in January 1896 was followed by the first description of "deterministic" effects only 3 months later.

Key Words: Radiation risk • Accidents • Dose reduction

Received for publication July 12, 1991. Accepted for publication August 16, 1991.




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