This is an early Victor Coolidge X-Ray Tube,
circa 1917, displayed on a stand. The large size of the
glass bulb on this model was designed to keep the glass
from overheating. The purplish-brownish discoloring is
due to radiation.
The X-ray tube was donated by Claude Moore, MD, a
1916 alumnus of the University of Virginia School of
Medicine who lived from 1892–1991. He is well-known
for being the namesake of the Claude Moore Health
Sciences Library, Claude Moore Medical Education
Building, and Claude Moore Nursing Education Building
at the University of Virginia.
After medical school, Moore enlisted in the Army
Medical Corps and served from 1918–1919. He trained
as a radiologist at the Mayo Clinic in 1926, and later
became a professor and head of the Radiology
Department at the George Washington University
Hospital. He spent the last part of his professional
career in private practice in the Washington, D.C. area.
Moore donated several antique radiology
instruments to the Health Sciences Library in 1978. To
view more items archived by the Historical Collections
and Services, visit guides.hsl.virginia.edu/historical.
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Moore served in the
Army Medical Corps
from 1918–1919.
