A Martyr of Science now convalescent after latest operation.
Mr Ernest H. Harnack of the London Hospital

Scattered about England are the few survivors of the X-ray pioneers. They are the men who risked maiming and death in the days when no safeguards had been found to ward off the dangers of the naked.rays. Although the means of relieving the suffering of countless patients they have paid for it with agony. Twelve of the pioneers have died since those early days and others have suffered amputations. But they are the last X-ray martyrs; methods of protection are now perfect.

2. Mr Ernest Harnack, having had both hands amputated as a result of many operations, is seen with Mr Suggars, his successor in the X-ray department at the London Hospital.

The photograph was used on the front page of the Daily Mirror 2 May 1933 in an article referring to Mr Suggars having further operations. FID_010_107

From Ernest Henry Harnack Papers