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The discovery of X-rays in 1895 by the German scientist Wilhelm
Roentgen gave rise to the fledgling science of radiology. Over the
next century developments in radiology were to revolutionise many
aspects of medicine, making available to medical practitioners and
ever widening array of diagnostic techniques and opening up new
and increasingly sophisticated treatments for a range of diseases.
Although at first the new science was slow to gain acceptance and
was practised, often with fatal consequences, by pioneer enthusiasts
who were unaware of its dangers, its usefulness in the diagnosis
and treatment of injuries in World War 1 earned it growing respect.
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Gradually, practising radiologist formed themselves into official organisations
and by the early 1920s a British Institute of Radiology had come into
existence. This helped stimulate interest in Australia and New Zealand
and by 1930 four Sections of Radiology, subgroups of the British Medical
Association, had been established in these countries. The setting up of
ANZAR - the Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology - early
in 1935 was the next logical development, one that led inexorably to the
formation fourteen years later of the College of Radiologists (Australia
and New Zealand) with a membership of just under 200. Today that number
has increased more than tenfold and the College, now known as the Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, is one of the most
important medical bodies in the Southern Hemisphere, making significant
contributions to education, research and the setting and maintaining of
standards for the practice of radiology and radiation oncology.
Further information about the history of Radiology and the College can
be found in the following text book that is available from the College
office:
Shadows and Substance
The History of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
1949-1999
Audrey Tate
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