Posted by Alan Hakim on August 26, 2006 at 16:50:40 from 212.137.200.112 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: The Dangerous Book for Boys (was Pole 'too dangerous' for firemen; Cheer Up TarBoard) posted by John Giddy on August 26, 2006 at 03:43:22:
But in that era, go-ahead shoeshops had X-ray machines to check the fit of children's shoes on their feet. I was quite disappointed when they stopped the practice.
I certainly didn't become aware of the danger of X-rays until about 1950, when a radiologist friend of my parents died as a result of his work.