Article
The Role of X-Rays in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene: A Historical Assessment
Dose-Response
(2012)
Abstract
While the use of x-rays to treat patients with gas gangrene ended in the early 1940’s with the advent of antibiotics, x-ray had been widely accepted as a useful and highly effective treatment for this condition. The present paper re-assesses the historical foundations of this belief, the quality of the data, use of confirmatory animal models, and underlying mechanisms that might account for the therapeutic role of x-rays in the treatment of gas gangrene.
Keywords
- x-ray,
- gas gangrene,
- dose-response,
- history of medicine,
- hormesis
Disciplines
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
Edward J Calabrese and Gaurav Dhawan. "The Role of X-Rays in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene: A Historical Assessment" Dose-Response (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edward_calabrese/16/