Hand mit Ringen: Radiographic print
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Title
Hand mit Ringen: Radiographic print
Abstract
German professor of physics, Dr. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, discovered "a new kind of ray"—later known as the X-ray—in November 1895 and recorded the first X-ray images on photographic plates during the following weeks. This blurry image is a print from one of the first X-rays of a human being ever produced and said to depict the hand and wedding ring of Röntgen’s wife, Bertha.
Creator
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923
Date Created
1895 December 22
Is Part Of
H MS c1 [Hawes Collection]
Extent
1 image
Medium
Radiographic Print
Identifier
E2003.1.47
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Raymond A. Dillon to the Lloyd E. Hawes Collection in the History of Radiology, Harvard Medical Library, 1975
Files
Citation
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923, “Hand mit Ringen: Radiographic print,” OnView, accessed May 9, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6414.