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Hand Belonging To An X-ray Technician At The Royal London Hospital, Which Shows by besayag: 6:51pm On Dec 03, 2023
Hand belonging to an X-ray technician at the Royal London Hospital, which shows the damage from radiation exposure, 1900.


Every morning, they would calibrate the machines by taking an X-ray of their hands. So you might be wondering, why not just use something else to test the X-ray? Like a piece of meat or a chicken leg? Well back in 1900, people didn't know the dangers of radiation exposure so they thought it would be harmless to use their hands. During this time, people could even purchase and build their own X-ray at home for entertainment purposes. Those who did, however, often went on to develop cancer or suffer from amputations.

The X-ray had been discovered just a few years before in 1895 by a man name Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German mechanical engineer and physicist. He named it X-ray because he actually didn't have a name for his invention and decided to use the mathematical designation "x" for something unknown. In some European countries, X-rays are actually called Röntgen rays.

Röntgen did not seek patents for his discoveries because he wanted society to benefit from the practical applications of X-rays. In 1901, Röntgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Re: Hand Belonging To An X-ray Technician At The Royal London Hospital, Which Shows by illicit(m): 6:54pm On Dec 03, 2023
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Re: Hand Belonging To An X-ray Technician At The Royal London Hospital, Which Shows by finallybusy: 9:05pm On Dec 03, 2023
The price of modernization. I’ve said it repeatedly; if phones cause cancer along the line, I have no regret. This device bestowed on me the knowledge possible from reading 300 books over my lifetime.

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Re: Hand Belonging To An X-ray Technician At The Royal London Hospital, Which Shows by Comkash: 10:37pm On Dec 03, 2023
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