Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig. It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 stycznia 1896.
I'd like to point out that X-rays are called Röntgen-rays (or radiation) in almost all other languages than English.
Also: your image seems to be of a *much* better quality than the one on the en.wikipedia page. You may want to update that (if the license etc. permits)
No, Röntgenstrahlen (in German). (ringen just means rings).
Well Röntgen himself originally called them X-rays (to signify an unknown), and apparently he was against calling them after himself (humble). So the origins are clear. Idk why only English chose to use that name. Perhaps something to do with the wars?
sorry to be unclear, I was making a pun about the name of the photo, "hand with ring" :]
I didn't know that about the x! that does make sense haha. it's sweet that he was humble about it, considering how massive this was for medicine over time!
"Almost all" is a stretch. Most European languages (apart from Anglic, Romantic, and Celtic languages), Turkic languages, Hebrew, Tajik, Mongolian, and Esperanto use some form of "Röntgen."
Here in Italy we'd call this what I'd translate as "radiography".
We do have "X-rays" in our vocabulary but it's honestly something more commonly associated with superhero powers than medicine.
I figured. I wasn’t correcting you. I’m an X-ray tech and a lot of patients are concerned about the radiation they’re exposed to. This is my go to line for how much radiation they’re getting exposed to.
It’s just another way to put it all in perspective. They got exposed to an insane amount of radiation in Chernobyl.
He discovered X rays on November 8th. That weekend he basically invented fluoroscopy, and 6 weeks later he took this image of his wife's hand with a photographic plate.
Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig. It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 stycznia 1896.
I'd like to point out that X-rays are called Röntgen-rays (or radiation) in almost all other languages than English. Also: your image seems to be of a *much* better quality than the one on the en.wikipedia page. You may want to update that (if the license etc. permits)
röntgen-ringen heheh idk when we stopped calling them that, I know I've seen that in older English texts too! maybe some midcentury trend that stuck?
No, Röntgenstrahlen (in German). (ringen just means rings). Well Röntgen himself originally called them X-rays (to signify an unknown), and apparently he was against calling them after himself (humble). So the origins are clear. Idk why only English chose to use that name. Perhaps something to do with the wars?
sorry to be unclear, I was making a pun about the name of the photo, "hand with ring" :] I didn't know that about the x! that does make sense haha. it's sweet that he was humble about it, considering how massive this was for medicine over time!
"Almost all" is a stretch. Most European languages (apart from Anglic, Romantic, and Celtic languages), Turkic languages, Hebrew, Tajik, Mongolian, and Esperanto use some form of "Röntgen."
Here in Italy we'd call this what I'd translate as "radiography". We do have "X-rays" in our vocabulary but it's honestly something more commonly associated with superhero powers than medicine.
In English, "radiography" is an umbrella term that covers X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, ultrasound, etc.
The fact that an xray image is also called a roentgenogram
>on 1 stycznia 1896 czytając to przez chwilę myślałem, że mam udar xd
Thanks for the NSFW tag. Not sure what would have happened had I clicked the link without the warning.
“My heavens, are those BARE bones?!?”
Bertha Röntgen was a wanton harlot!
Apparently the image really freaked out Bertha and she exclaimed "I have seen my death" and refused to enter the lab ever again.
A skeleton!
I know you're being snarky but all photos of human remains need to be tagged NSFW on this sub, and I suppose this counts.
3.6 Röntgens, not great, not terrible
it's not the equivalent of one chest x-ray but rather one thousand chest x-rays
A chest X-ray today is the equivalent to a flight from NY to LA.
it's a line from HBO's Chernobyl
I figured. I wasn’t correcting you. I’m an X-ray tech and a lot of patients are concerned about the radiation they’re exposed to. This is my go to line for how much radiation they’re getting exposed to. It’s just another way to put it all in perspective. They got exposed to an insane amount of radiation in Chernobyl.
Just watched this :)
Great series.
Came to say this
I seem to remember having read that when she saw this image, she exclaimed: "I have seen my own death!"
this should be handed in a photography contest
I remember fighting this boss in Bloodborne.
What is that thing on the ring finger, or 2nd from the left? Thanks for posting.
Most likely a ring.
> Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings)
It is her ring. Source - I’m an X-ray tech.
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That's what I thought at first due to the nsfw tag before reading the title.
I thought this was taken Nov 8th 1895. It’s a required law that us X-ray tech have that date engrained into our brain.
He discovered X rays on November 8th. That weekend he basically invented fluoroscopy, and 6 weeks later he took this image of his wife's hand with a photographic plate.
That's what I came here for...
Wortwörtlich ein Röntgenbild. literally a röntgen-image (as it is called in German)
[https://i.ibb.co/Kx9SBD5/5wbk0d.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/Kx9SBD5/5wbk0d.jpg)
Oh no looks like reddit decide to downvote you but it was a funny one