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Kathleen Clark (radiographer)
Kathleen "Kitty" Clara Clark MBE (1896 – 20 October 1968) was a British radiographer who wrote the standard text now called Clark's Positioning in Radiography. She was one of the first qualified radiographers and established the teaching of radiography at the Royal Northern Hospital. Life Clark was one of the first qualified radiographers in the UK. The first edition was published in 1939. She qualified in 1921/22 at Guy's Hospital. She was one of the first students to qualify for membership to the Society of Radiographers. The society had only been set up in 1920 and all the members up to that point had joined without examination. She spent some years in Margate but she came back to London to lead a radiography department at the Royal Northern Hospital. In the following year, she created a teaching course at the hospital where she would establish her career. She wrote the standard text "Positioning in Radiography" which was published in 1939. The 13th edition of the book n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. It is a large teaching hospital and is, with St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital, the location of King's College London GKT School of Medical Education. The hospital's Tower Wing (originally known as Guy's Tower) was, when built in 1974, the tallest hospital building in the world, standing at with 34 floors. The tower was overtaken as the world's tallest healthcare-related building by The Belaire in New York City in 1988. As of June 2019, the Tower Wing, which remains one of the tallest buildings in London, is the world's fifth-tallest hospital building. History The hospital dates from 1721, when it was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy, who had made a fortune as a printer of Bibles and greatly increased it by speculat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |