AuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray Insider

Dear Digital X-Ray Insider,

We continue our popular series, Moments in Radiology History, with a new installment this week on the scientific advances that led up to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's momentous discovery of x-rays in 1895.

Radiology historian Otha Linton describes the environment in which Roentgen's achievement occurred. Dozens of scientists -- including names like Hertz, Tesla, Crookes, and Rutherford -- had been experimenting with injecting electric current into vacuum tubes, producing effects such as cathode rays.

But it wasn't until Roentgen began working with the tubes that x-rays were found. Learn more by clicking here for this edition's Insider Exclusive.

Another fascinating article in the Moments in Radiology History series concerns the physicians, technicians, nurses, and manufacturers whose exposure to x-rays led to their deaths in the early years of radiology. You'll find that article by clicking here.

Other stories that have appeared recently in the community include the following:

  • An article on the health risks of dental x-rays
  • A set of new guidelines on the use of invasive cardiac catheterization, published by major heart societies
  • How radiography was able to solve a mystery at a Rhode Island hospital -- why people were showing up at the emergency room with abdominal pain after eating grilled meat
  • How interventional radiology's role in healthcare is changing

Click on any of the above links to visit the stories, or go to xray.auntminnie.com.

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