Frank Styant Browne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Styant Browne

Australian pharmacist and photographer

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1854

Place of Birth: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1938

Profession: photographer, pharmacist, chemist

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Frank Styant Browne

  • Frank Styant Browne (10 July 1854 – 17 April 1938), also known as Styant Browne, was an Australian pharmacist, artist, photographer and X-ray pioneer from Tasmania.In Australia, the medical men of the day took a slow approach in the adoption of the new science that involved X-rays.
  • Many of the early demonstrations were made by investigators outside the medical field.
  • Upon examination of the initial investigators, several key factors were common.
  • The individuals had already either been experimenting along similar lines to Wilhelm Röntgen with Crookes tubes and such, the physicists or scientists, or were actively associated with electrical work, the electricians, which made them particularly receptive to the technical appeal of the new science of X-rays.
  • Records of the events reveal that among the medical men who witnessed the first images produced as radiographs, a rather small number had any great desire to employ X-rays directly in their own medical practice. After the early investigative work of Thomas Ranken Lyle, William Henry Bragg, Joseph Patrick Slattery, and others, almost all medical men were satisfied with soliciting the services of the external X-ray man when necessity arose for skiagraphs to be produced.
  • As the utilization of X-rays became more acceptable, the involvement of electricians began to decline.
  • As the hospitals started to be equipped with X-ray apparatus and installations under the care of radiologists and radiographers, the medical men began to accept the eventuality of the new technology.
  • Up to this point, the private experimenters and investigators continued to be the initiators of new ideas for the medical profession in this new field.

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