PugJesusHand of an X-ray operator, ~1900 (NSFW for being somewhat... unpleasant)
SatansMaggotyCumFart
Now that’s a headline “The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off”
The jaw is not supposed to fall off.
UnforeseenI’d just like to point that out
That’s not typical.
Montaggepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3520298/
Exposures were made with the tube over his forehead, in front of his open mouth and behind his right ear. Levy sat through the exposures from 8 o’clock in the morning until 10 o’clock at night. Within 24 h his entire head was blistered, within a few days his head was an angry sore and his lips were badly swollen, cracked and bleeding. His right ear had doubled in size and the hair on his right side had entirely fallen out.
Early victims of X-rays: a tribute and current perception
X-rays were discovered in 1895 and since then much has been written about Wilhelm Roentgen and the events surrounding the discovery. However, there have been only scattered references in the literature about the early workers who dedicated their ...
[A x-ray operator] In his autobiography he maintained “my courage is my work. I treat patients who suffer more or are encumbered more than me, and so I go on. By helping others I help myself”. He went on to predict “I will die from the effects of early uncontrolled exposures to X-rays. And like many of the early pioneers, I too, will die a victim of natural science, a martyr to the X-rays.”
Also Roentgen (who discovered x-rays) refused to patent in order to expedite the benefit to humanity.
Golly. I hate this.
Xrays were all the rage…
Now a days we wear a ring on finger that records the cumulative dose that hand has received, and another on the chest. Then send those in to a lab on a regular schedule. Also use hand held devices to check for leaks on the machine. At my work at least
DUMBASSWere they flipping the bird to the Xray machine?
AnUnusualRelicIt looks so soft and crunchy.