The Discovery of the Roentgen Rays

Science · Published 27 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of X-rays revolutionized medicine by enabling noninvasive internal imaging and modern cancer treatments.

A 1:28 short film in the series “Medicine Breakthroughs”.

Sources used in this film: Science Museum, “Visualising the body | Science Museum”; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, “25-2-assmus.pdf”; Countway Library of Medicine, “Hand mit Ringen: Radiographic print · OnView”; Nobel Prize Outreach, “Nobel Prize in Physics 1901”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Evolution and Revolution of Imaging Technologies in Neurosurgery”.

Sources used in this film

• Science Museum — Visualising the body | Science Museum · View →
• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory — 25-2-assmus.pdf · View →
• Countway Library of Medicine — Hand mit Ringen: Radiographic print · OnView · View →
• Nobel Prize Outreach — Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 · View →
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Evolution and Revolution of Imaging Technologies in Neurosurgery · View →

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