British Institute of Radiology

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]

British Institute of Radiology
PredecessorThe Röntgen Society
The X-ray Society
The British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy[1]
FormationApril 2, 1897 (1897-04-02)
HeadquartersLondon, EC1
United Kingdom
Websitebir.org.uk

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 British Journal of Radiology (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
  1. "History of the British Institute of Radiology". British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. "The British Institute Of Radiology, registered charity no. 215869". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "About BIR Publications". BIR Publications. British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. Thomas, Adrian M. K.; Banerjee, Arpan K. (2013). The History of Radiology. OUP Oxford. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-166970-5.
  8. "Presidents of the British Institute of Radiology". British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. 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. OL 16407699M. Wikidata Q29581663.
  10. Haggith, John (27 August 2004). "Obituary: Frank Farmer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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