Happy 120th anniversary, x-ray
Five score and 20 years ago this week—or six score flat, if you prefer—the word went out from William Roentgen’s lab to the world. The publicity came courtesy of an Austrian newspaper.
Time magazine is commemorating the milestone with a brief and entertaining online slideshow of x-ray doings through the mid-20th century.
Highlights include Roentgen’s “look-through machine,” a certain “Metalix Tube for Therapy” and a child getting her teeth x-rayed, possibly just for the fun of it, at the 1953 California State Fair.
Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.