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#ThrowbackThursday: 100th anniversary of the discovery of the X-ray

On the 100th anniversary of Roentgen's discovery back in 1995, Karl Wells visited the Janeway hospital radiology department to see how X-ray technology has changed.

Throwback Thursday: the 100th anniversary of the X-ray

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From 1995. Karl Wells visits the Janeway to learn how X-rays have evolved in 100 years

It was 120 years ago on Nov. 8, when German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen became the first person to observe X-rays.

The first X-ray — of Roentgen's wife's hand — signalled a radical change to many fields, including medicine.

On the 100th anniversary of Roentgen's discovery back in 1995, Karl Wells visited the Janeway hospital radiology department to see how X-ray technology has changed.

You can watch Wells and Janeway director of radiology Jeff Pike in our Throwback Thursday video.