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From The Times, 9 Jun 1900.

Tombola and a dose of radiation?

There were at least 5 sets of X-Ray Machines being used on the Boer side of the war.
The unit at Jacobsdal was under the supervision and experience of Dr. H. Kuttner, who had first used X-Rays in the Greco-Turk War of 1897, following which he published a book on the subject.
On the British side there were at least 10 units in operation, including those on the hospital ships.
Dr. Hall Edwards was in charge of the unit at Deelfontein, and later at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital in Pretoria. He lost his fingers from irradiation necrosis from exposure to the rays.
These extracts were taken from an article published in The South African Military History Society Journal. Vol . 6 No 3. June 1984.
If anyone is interested in reading the full article, which goes into more detail, it can be found on the web.
James

The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 was the first time that X-rays were used during a conflict, but both the Tirah Campaign (1897-98) and the Sudan Campaign reportedly preceded their use in the ABW.

Major W. C. Beevor, R.A.M.C., used X-rays on wounded soldiers in India during the Tirah Campaign, and a Major Battersby, R.A.M.C., had an X-ray room at Abadieh, about 9 miles from Omdurman, Sudan.
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A early primitive example of the X - ray machine located at Ladysmith.
It is believed that every early Rontgen device available was despatched to South Africa during the war.

Major Scott-Moncrieff of the Middlesex was on Spioenkop summit, where he led an advance to within 350 m of Aloe Knoll before he was hit. He fell, rose and was hit again; he tried to rise again and was hit a third time. Despite bullets passing through his back, abdomen, and 3 limbs, he survived. His ankle X ray is in the Wellcome online collection, I've inverted the colours here so the bone is white, as is the moden style; at the time the bones or metal were black in radiographs.

Birmingham Weekly Post 14th April 1900