Saturday, 3 October 2026

Marie Curie created mobile X-ray units during the First World War

An old car with a tall body, a cross and the word “Radiologie” on its side stands on grass in front of trees.

The X-ray car was Marie Curie's idea. It dates from the years of the First World War. She also trained 150 nurses to work as technicians in the mobile X-ray laboratory. On board this vehicle they not only took the pictures but also developed them on the spot, in the photographic laboratory

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