Antique Print, Medical, Disease, X-ray, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Physics, X-radiation, Invention

"Röntgen's Rays: 1. Farefield  2. Snake 3. Crayfish 4. Hand on with a ring and bullet in the wrist"

Original photogravure after original by L.B Lippincott, Philadelphia, United States
Published W.& R. Chambers, London & Edinburgh, printed in Saxony c.1910

This Antique Print illustrates the effect of Röntgen's Rays on a human hand with a ring and bullet in the wrist, a bird, a snake and a crayfish. The printing process chosen is itself is a way of transferring a real-time photographic image from glass plates onto paper, perfectly suited to convey this new & exciting X-radiation invention.

Issued with Certificate of Authenticity

 Size of image = 28cm x 21cm (11 1/6 x 8 1/6 inch)

 Condition= Excellent condition. Has original fold down in middle

  X-Rays or Röntgen Rays

This discovery was named after German Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923). Röntgen's original paper, "On A New Kind Of Rays" ("Über eine neue Art von Strahlen"), was published on 28 December 1895. On 5 January 1896, an Austrian newspaper reported Röntgen's discovery of a new type of radiation. Röntgen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Würzburg after his discovery. He published a total of three papers on X-rays between 1895 and 1897. It began experimenting with a vacuum tube when he discover a new "invisible light" that could pass through certain objects but not bone. He was mystified so decided to adopt the "mathematical designation X to convey it mysterious nature". With further investigation he replaced a fluorescent screen with a photographic plate. X-radiation was born. Today, Röntgen is considered the father of diagnostic radiology, the medical specialty which uses imaging to diagnose disease. To his great credit, he refused to take out a patent on his discovery so researchers, doctors and their patients, across the world could realize the benefits of this ground-breaking discovery.