NATIONAL DAY

If the hand be held between the discharge-tube and the screen, the darker shadow of the bones is seen within the slightly dark shadow-image of the hand itself… For brevitys sake I shall use the expression ‘rays; and to distinguish them from others of this name I shall call them ‘X-rays.Wilhelm RöntgenIn 1895 there was an incredible discovery made, one that would utterly change the way we looked at the human body, both literally and figuratively. On the back of this discovery, a million new technologies would be developed in the areas of medicine, security, and much more. The man who discovered all this? Wilhelm Röntgen, and as a result, he may just be one of the most important men in medical history. World Radiography Day celebrates his discovery and everything thats come from it.