102964 | FRANCE. Joseph Belot bronze Medal.

102964  |  FRANCE. Joseph Belot bronze Medal. Issued 1938 for the achievements of the pioneer in radiography (80mm, 227.63 g, 12h). By Jean Vernon at the Paris mint.

 

Bust right // X-ray image of a human midsection; around, A / J BELOT in two lines above, SES / AMIS / HOPITAL / St LOVIS / 1910 in five lines to left, SES / ELEVES / ELECTRO / RADIOLOGIE / 1938 in five lines to right, PREMIERS APPAREILS / DE PROTECTION MCMII / PREMIER TRAITE DE / RADIOTHERAPIE MCMIV ATLAS D'ANATOMIE ET DE / PATHOLOGIE RADIOGRAPHIQVES in five lines below. Edge: A few very minor bruises, otherwise plain.

 

Mint State. Light brassy-brown surfaces.

 

A pioneer in the emerging field of x-rays, Joseph Belot authored or co-authored numerous works related to the subject beginning in 1904 and spanning nearly half a century until just before his death in 1953. Some of these works include "La Radiographie des viscères... Radiographie des affections viscérales (thorax et abdomen)," "Le Traitement du cancer de la peau," and "La Radiothérapie, son application aux affections cutanées."

 

Upload: 1 October 2025.