Marie Curie’s Mobile Radiology Units on the Front Lines

Marie Curie, a Polish-born French physicist and two-time Nobel laureate, played a pivotal role in military medicine during World War I. Recognizing the urgent need for diagnostic imaging near the battlefield, she developed mobile radiological units known as "Petites Curies." Equipping vehicles with X-ray machines and generators, she personally drove them to the front lines and trained over a hundred women as radiological technicians. Her tireless efforts enabled field surgeons to locate bullets and fractures efficiently, saving thousands of wounded soldiers and revolutionizing wartime radiology.

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