British Institute of Radiology
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| Predecessor | The Röntgen Society The X-ray Society The British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy[1] |
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| Formation | April 2, 1897 |
| Headquarters | London, EC1 United Kingdom |
| Website | bir |
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is a radiology society and charity[2] based in London, United Kingdom. It is the oldest institute of its kind in the world, forming on 2 April 1897.[1]
History[]
The society can be traced back to two separate institutes, "The X-Ray Society" in April, 1897, and "The Röntgen Society"; both were formed in the wake of the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895.[3] The latter was founded by Dr John Macintyre in 1897. He had been the first person in Britain to use X-rays, using equipment created by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 5 February 1896.[4]
The formalisation of the BIR occurred in 1927 upon the merger of the two societies.[1] The BIR became a registered charity in 1963.
Among other publications, the BIR publishes several journals including the (BJR), and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (the official journal of the International Association of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, IADMFR).[5] The Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy, first published in 1896, ultimately became the BJR in 1928.[6][7]
Notable past presidents[]
- 1897-98 Silvanus P Thompson[8]
- 1907-08 William Duddell[8]
- 1922-23 Sir Humphry Rolleston[8]
- 1923-24 Sir Oliver Lodge[8]
- 1972-73 Robert Steiner[8][9]
- 1973-74 Frank Farmer[10]
- 2003-04 Janet Husband[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "History of the British Institute of Radiology". British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "The British Institute Of Radiology, registered charity no. 215869". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ Barclay, A. E. (June 1947). "The Jubilee of the Röntgen Society". The British Journal of Radiology. 20 (234): 221–222. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-20-234-221.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ "About BIR Publications". BIR Publications. British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Bishop, P. J. (October 1973). "The evolution of the British Journal of Radiology". The British Journal of Radiology. 46 (550): 833–836. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-46-550-833. PMID 4585007.
- ^ Thomas, Adrian M. K.; Banerjee, Arpan K. (2013). The History of Radiology. OUP Oxford. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-166970-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Presidents of the British Institute of Radiology". British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2002). Peptic Ulcer: Rise and Fall. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-084-7. Wikidata Q29581663.
- ^ Haggith, John (27 August 2004). "Obituary: Frank Farmer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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