X-ray Images at 2 Horsepower
How X-rays went mobile
It is said that the greatest happiness on earth is sitting in the saddle of a horse – and, believe it or not, the success of an X-ray examination also once depended on our four-legged friends.
Röntgenwagen der preußischen Armee, Hergestellt von Siemens & Halske, um 1904.
X-ray cart belonging to the Prussian Army, manufactured by Siemens & Halske, c. 1904..
Transporting the Nanos X-ray system in a sedan, 1932. When taken apart, the Nanos filled two pieces of luggage, each weighing 28 kilograms.
Dentistry is one area of application for mobile devices. This advertising photo from 1952 shows the X-ray Sphere fitted with the pointed dental cone.
This bus is a “mobile X-ray clinic” equipped with the Orthoskop X-ray device from Siemens-Reiniger-Werke and a complete darkroom setup, among other things. It was used in the Philippines in the 1930s
