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Type/Technique

Radiographs

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  • A woman's pelvis after a pubiotomy - to widen the birth canal for a vaginal delivery of a baby - previous two babies died. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.
  • Foot of a Chinese woman, showing the effect of foot-binding. Photograph by (?) E.P. Minett, 192-.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected using a concave mirror: blurred letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • The bones of a hand with a ring on one finger, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Röntgen, 1895.
  • Layers of tin foil, viewed under x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Röntgen, 1895.
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    Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

    | Date: 1900 | Reference: 38512i
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    Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

    Glyn, Gervas Powell, 1862-1921. | Date: 1896 | Reference: 44626i
    Part of: Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiographs and personalia.
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    A skeleton of a new born child with deformed hips who died of asphyxia in birth. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.

    Leopold, G. (Gerhard), 1846-1911. | Date: 1908 | Reference: 17140i
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    A wire wound around a wooden spool, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Röntgen, 1895.

    Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923. | Date: 1895 | Reference: 32979i
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    The bones of the human fingers. Photograph of X-ray attributed to L. Ropner, 1897.

    Ropner, L., active 1897. | Date: 2 November 1897 | Reference: 25612i
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