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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (/ ˈ r ɛ n t ɡ ə n,-dʒ ə n, ˈ r ʌ n t-/; [4] German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ⓘ; anglicized as Roentgen; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist, [5] who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in ...
Antoine Henri Becquerel (/ ˌ b ɛ k ə ˈ r ɛ l /; [3] French: [ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie for his discovery of radioactivity. [4]
File: First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand - 18951222.jpg
Röntgen discovered X-rays' medical use when he made a picture of his wife's hand on a photographic plate formed due to X-rays. The photograph of his wife's hand was the first ever photograph of a human body part using X-rays. When she saw the picture, she said, "I have seen my death." [5]
The risk of radiation burns to extremities was known since Wilhelm Röntgen's 1895 experiment, but this was a short-term effect with early warning from reddening of the skin . The long-term risks from chronic exposure to radiation began to emerge with Hermann Joseph Muller 's 1927 paper showing genetic effects, [ 5 ] and the incidence of bone ...
Original – X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand Reason famous historical picture, restored, FP on Commons Articles in which this image appears Wilhelm Röntgen, Radiography, List of photographs considered the most important, L'Homme truqué (The Doctored Man), Radiographer, etc. FP category for this image
In 'Maestro,' Leonard Bernstein's wife, Felicia Montealegre, becomes ill and eventually dies. Here's what to know about the real Felicia's cause of death: Felicia Montealegre Was Only 56 When She Died
By 1900, Clarence Dally was suffering radiation damage to his hands and face sufficient to require time off work. Due to him being right handed, he used his left to test the beam from the machine.