"Sydney D Rowland (1872-1917), was the founder and editor of the Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy, the first journal of radiology to be published anywhere in the world."
"As a medical student Sydney Rowland had worked as a medical journalist under the guidance of his uncle Ernest Hart (1835–1898), the then editor of the British Medical Journal (now BMJ) 5."
"He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma (the medical qualifying exam in the late 19th century) in April 1897, which gave him the post-nominal letters LRCP and LRCS, and allowed him to use the honorific, Doctor 4. Ironically, Dr Rowland did not become a radiologist, but trained and worked as a microbiologist. He commenced work as an Assistant Bacteriologist at the Lister Institute in 1898."
"As a medical student Sydney Rowland had worked as a medical journalist under the guidance of his uncle Ernest Hart (1835–1898), the then editor of the British Medical Journal (now BMJ) 5."
"It was no great surprise then that on 8 February 1896, the BMJ officially invited Mr Rowland, as a "Special Commissioner" to contribute a series of weekly articles on the potential medical applications of Roentgen's rays. From 8 February to 5 December 1896, 16 articles were published, covering novel technical advances, emerging clinical radiography experimentation, and demonstrations of the new technology to the lay populace 4,6. In some respects this series of articles actually formed the first 'radiology journal' in all but name. A final 17th article was published on 12 June 1897 5."
"The journal appeared for a further three issues from 1896 to 1897. For its last (fourth) issue, published in May 1897, the clinical part of the name was dropped, becoming the Archives of Skiagraphy 3."
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"World's first radiology journal"