This moment shows a doctor and nurse at the Civic in 1955 using an imaging method called fluoroscopy to examine the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. Fluoroscopy uses a fluorescent screen and an x-ray beam passing through the body to gather real-time moving images that display on a monitor.
Fun Fact: The medical fluoroscope was developed in 1896 by none other than Thomas Edison!
Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Health and Welfare Canada
