[100 years of roentgen rays. The contribution of Austrian scientists to discovery and applications].
In January 1896 experiments were made around the world with cathode-tubes to test Röntgen's paper "a new kind of rays". Mostly hands without pathological variations were X-rayed. At the same time in Vienna the clinical applications of X-rays were investigated. Two patients were successfully operated on after X-ray-examination. Remarkable for that time was an X-ray of an arteriogram of the arm of a dead person. It was made on 17th January 1896. The experiments with Lenard's cathode-tube were important for the discovery of X-rays. His experimentation was the inspiration for Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.
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Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, Innsbruck.
D000792:Angiography / Q000266:history; D001317:Austria; D001610:Beta Particles / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography / Q000266:history*
Hundert Jahre Röntgenstrahlen. Der Beitrag österreichischer Wissenschaftler zu ihrer Entdeckung und Nutzung.