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title: First Medical X-Ray
author: Wellcome Collection
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updated: 2024-07-17
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# First Medical X-Ray

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## Image File

[![First Medical X-Ray](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19243.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19243.jpg)

## Image Caption

The bones of a hand with a ring on one finger, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W. K. Röntgen, 1895.

Wellcome Collection.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Collection, W. (2024, July 17). First Medical X-Ray. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19243/first-medical-x-ray/>
### Chicago
Collection, Wellcome. "First Medical X-Ray." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 17, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19243/first-medical-x-ray/>.
### MLA
Collection, Wellcome. "First Medical X-Ray." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jul 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19243/first-medical-x-ray/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/wjc8ejn2) by **Wellcome Collection**. Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 17 July 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.