“Hold your hand here,” he said, pointing to a photographic plate. “And do not move.”
For the next seven weeks, he told no one. Not his assistant. Not his beloved Anna. He ate at his bench. He slept in a chair. He built a lead shield with a small window. He placed wood, rubber, and sheets of aluminum between the tube and the screen. The invisible rays passed through them all. Then he tried lead. They stopped. founder of radiology
Anna stepped back. Her mouth opened, then closed. Then she whispered, “I am dead.” “Hold your hand here,” he said, pointing to
She sighed. “For how long?”