Physicists and physicians : a history of medical physics from the Renaissance to Röntgen / Francis Duck.

York : Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, [2013], ©2013.

v, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-288) and indexes.

Introduction -- Iatrophysics -- Robert Hooke and the Royal Society -- Electricks -- Physique médicale -- Jean Hallé and the definition of medical physics -- Pierre Pelletan, opponent of vitalism -- Experimental and natural philosophy -- Medical training in London -- Medical training outside London -- Physiological physics -- Physique biologique -- Crossing the Atlantic -- At the turn of the twentieth century -- The last word.