HISTORY OF VETERINARY RADIOLOGY

Up to thirty years after the discovery of X-rays the results in veteri nary radiology were rare and hardly systematic. This fact can be reaso ned by the low power of the existing X-ray units, the incooperativity of animals and their unfavourable anatomy in contrast to human beings. In 1927 the first independent department of radiology within the Univ ersity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, was founded and well equipped. T he head of the department, Alois Pommer, worked for a thorough basic k nowledge, therapeutic and diagnostic advances in veterinary radiology in analogy to human medicine. He influenced significantly the future d evelopment of veterinary radiology. This paper gives a summary of the achievements in veterinary radiology in Vienna until World War II.