Many, many years ago one of the greatest medical breakthroughs in human history happened on accident. The X-ray was stumbled upon by German physicist, Wilhelm Roentgen, while he was conducting a separate experiment utilizing electron beams. Roentgen noticed that while he had the electron beam powered on, he could view things through a flourscent screen. One of the first things he looked at through the flourscent screen, you guessed it...bones (in his own hand). From that moment forward the X-ray has never looked back and has been helping doctors diagnose broken bones and care for patients for more than a century now. This is an excellent example of how a technological breakthrough in the past can still remain relevant today.
Credits:
Harris, Tom. "How X-rays Work." 26 March 2002. HowStuffWorks.com.02 June 2009.
Credits:
Harris, Tom. "How X-rays Work." 26 March 2002. HowStuffWorks.com.
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