Dentist: I have to pull the aching tooth, but don’t worry it will take just five minutes.
Patient: And how much will it cost?
Dentist: It’s $90.00.
Patient: $90.00 for just a few minutes work???
Dentist: I can extract it very slowly if you like?
X-ray burnsIn 1918, the X-ray expert Dr. Eugene W. Caldwell, died of X-ray burns, in New York. Dr. Caldwell was Director of X-ray in New York City's Bellevue Hospital, and his book The Practical Application of Roentgen Rays in Therapeutics was an accepted textbook on the subject. He received the fatal burns in the course of his X-ray research.* |
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