#2: An Early X-Ray
We take X-rays for granted these days, but its invention was a big deal back in 1895. Scientist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen changed physics and medicine forever with his revolutionary discovery. This image is one of the earliest experimental X-ray images produced by Roentgen. The image looks creepy, but it’s actually just an X-ray of Roentgen’s wife’s hand.
His wife, Bertha, acted as a guinea pig for his X-ray experiments. Her hand was the subject of many early X-ray images. As you can see in this 1895 image, her bones are clearly visible. That dark circle around one of the fingers? That’s just a ring she was wearing at the time. These early X-ray images were used as proof of Roentgen’s discovery, allowing this new technology to be quickly adopted in the medical community.