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Illustration

Kim Martins
by Internet Archive Book Images
published on 18 July 2024
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X-rays were discovered in 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923). This is an early X-ray, taken in 1897, of a 30-year-old woman who was fully dressed when the X-ray was taken.

Image from p.180 of The American X-ray Journal 1897-05: Vol 1 Issue 1.

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