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50 Times People X-Rayed Things And Got Interesting Results
In 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen produced and discovered X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. In his initial report, the first paper written on X-rays, Röntgen referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation.
The name stuck, although many of his colleagues suggested calling them Röntgen rays (over his great objections). Interestingly, they are still referred to as such in many languages. In 1901, Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.
Today, X-rays are essential in various sectors such as health care and transportation security. People even use them to detect art forgeries!
To show you just how deeply they have penetrated our lives, Bored Panda put together a list of some of the most interesting X-ray images we could find on the Internet. From an Egyptian sarcophagus to a metal arm, let's take a closer look, shall we?
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#1
Roommate Is A Radiology Major And Today They X-Rayed Flowers. Thought You Guys Might Enjoy
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#2
5-Day Progression Of Covid Pneumonia
#3
X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog
#4
The Radiology Waiting Room In Local Hospital Has The Usual Naff Floral Decor, Except... They’re X-Rays
#5
X-Ray Of A Kiwi Bird With Its Egg
#7
X-Ray Of A Hammerhead Shark
#8
I Have A Rare Disorder Called Cleidocranial Dysotosis. Got My First Dental X-Ray Today And I Have A Lot Of Extra Teeth
#9
An X-Ray Of An Egyptian Sarcophagus Revealed A Kitten Inside
#10
X-Ray Scans Of A Painting Of The Young Charles II Of Spain Reveal That The Artist Painted Over An Earlier Painting When Charles Was A Few Years Younger
#11
Daughter Demanded Peppa Pig Get X-Ray With Her
#12
X-Rays Of Children's' Mouths Between The Ages Of 6-12 Years Still Hold Wonder For Me, Even After Being A Dentist For 10+ Years
Missy Moo Moo 5 years ago
I dream that I'm going to lose all of my adult teeth and regrow new ones
#13
Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sue Mullen Andersen 5 years ago
My daughter was diagnosed with RA when she was 13. She is 29 now and has had three surgeries to improve her joints to help her be able to walk. Her toes looked much like this X-ray. This is a horrible illness that is invisible until it is at this point. The pain that these patients deal with every day is heartbreaking. People still give her dirty looks when she uses a handicap parking space. Imagine if your toes looked like this...don't you think you would want to walk as little as possible?
#14
My Wife's A Ballerina, This Is Her X-Ray While En Pointe
#15
Scoliosis Surgery, Before And After
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Can’t imagine how painful and uncomfortable it would be to suffer such significant scoliosis.
#16
X-Ray Of A Seahorse
#18
A Nice Clear X-Ray Showing My RNS Device, The Leads That Run To The Point Where My Seizures Originate
And also the brackets holding my skull together after my craniotomy (and the staples holding my scalp together).
#19
When You Accidentally X-Ray Anubis. Dog Moved At Just The Right Time During An X-Ray
#20
X-Ray Of A Foot In Stilettos
#21
Well, That Sucks A Lot
#22
Snake Has A Kidney Tumor. Wanted To Share His X-Ray. Wish Him Luck In Surgery
#23
Backscatter X-Ray Identifying Contraband In A Truck. An Operator Noticed Anomalies In The Right-Side Z Backscatter View, And Flagged This Vehicle For Further Inspection
Aski Markup 5 years ago
Is it just the large blocks that are the contraband? So if they had been small they would have blended in?
#24
This Is An X-Ray Of The Device Doctors Put In My Dad's Neck, Containing Undeveloped Bone Cells And Stem Cells To Regrow Parts Of His Spine. Science
#25
I Got A Panoramic X-Ray Of My Teeth The Other Day. The Dentist Forgot To Have Me Remove My Glasses
#26
X-Ray Of A Flamingo
#27
X-Ray Of A Cat With Scoliosis, Causing Her To Be Round
#28
Girl Was Nervous The X-Ray Machine Would Hurt So I Took A Quick Shot Of Her Stuffed Fox To Show It Was Fine
#29
Miss Correct Posture, 1956. At A Chiropractic Convention In Chicago, The Contest Winners Were Picked For The Beauty Of Their X-Rays And Their Standing Posture
#30
X-Ray Of My Metal Arm
#31
I Took An X-Ray Today And They Told Me That My Wisdom Teeth Are Pretty Strange
#32
A Man In China Had A Steel Spoon Lodged In His Esophagus For A Year, But Surprisingly, The Half-Swallowed Utensil Didn’t Cause Too Much Discomfort
#33
I Took This X-Ray On A Covid+ Patient Hours After My Friend Tried To Tell Me Covid Isn't That Bad
#34
A Tiger's Paw
#35
Gravid Ball Python X-Ray
#36
I Dislocated My Jaw... While Eating Cereal
#37
Nikola Tesla's Foot In A Shoe, By Himself. Tesla Obtained The Image In 1896 With X-Rays Generated By His Own Vacuum Tube, Similar To Lenard’s Tube, At A Distance Of 8 Feet
#38
This Guy Had Two Nails From A Nail Gun Hit His Leg, And They Both Missed His Femur And His Kneecap
#39
An X-Ray Of My Cat's Intestines, Kinda Looks Like Santa In A Sleigh
#40
Pre-Flight X-Ray Image Of Neil Armstrong's Moon Boots Taken On July 7, 1969
NASA x-rayed everything the astronauts wore in order to verify that there were no sharp objects embedded in the cloth that could puncture the pressure suit
#41
An X-Ray Of A Ghost Bat
#42
Just Received My X-Rays From Saturday’s Debacle. They Had To Cut My Ring Off Before Returning My Bones To Their Full Upright And Locked Position
My fingers are still sore/stiff/swollen but mostly functional
#44
X-Ray Of A LED Bulb From Philips
#45
Chest X-Ray Of Attempted Suicide By Injecting Elemental Mercury (Quicksilver) Intravenously
Nigel Rodgers 5 years ago
This is an oversimplified analogy but imagine injecting stainless steel if it was liquid at room temperature. Pure mercury is still toxic but less reactive than mercury compounds. The main challenge is removing the physical mercury before it reacts or causes a physical blockage somewhere.
#46
I Love How Sinister These Cute, Innocent Dolls Look Under X-Ray. It Shows Their True Colours
This peek-a-boo doll shrieks that over and over again even with just one squeeze. It also covers its eyes. If only it would cover my ears
#47
X-Ray Of A Plant As A Decoration At My Local Hospital
#48
Ineffective Gold Thread Acupuncture Treatment For Osteoarthritis Of The Left Knee
Chucky Leganjit 5 years ago
Wait... Those squigly lines are gold threads? Can somebody please explain?
#49
My Son Got Shot In The Face By A BB Gun Two Years Ago (Accidentally). Found The BB Today
Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago (edited)
My stepdad had a BB in his forehead from when he was a kid. He could move it around under the skin.
#50
X-Ray Techs Were Amazed At My Cervical Spine Imaging Given Extreme Hyper Mobility
#51
This Person Broke This On Sunday And Came In On Thursday
#52
X-Rays Before And After Spinal Fusion Surgery For Scoliosis. I Had Surgery At 12 After The Curvature Continued Getting Worse Despite Interventions Being Taken
15 years since surgery and I have no back-related issues. The only issues are caused by the scar tissue from the auto-bone graft from my hip
#53
X-Ray Of My Arm After Amputation, Thanks To Driver Who Fell Asleep At The Wheel
#54
My Wife Took Our Cat To The Vet And My Son Told The Vet His Toy Dinosaur Was Feeling Poorly So The Vet Gave It An X-Ray
#55
X-Ray Of A Panda Hand vs. A Human Hand; Pandas Have An Extra "Thumb" To Help Grip Bamboo Stalks
#56
Bullet In Knee After 14 Years. A 46-Year-Old Man With A Prior Gunshot Wound To The Left Knee Presented With Worsening Knee Pain
Radiographs showed fragmentation of the bullet into innumerable metallic particles
#57
My (Nearly 60-Years-Old) Father's Arm After Being Thwomped By A Cow This Morning
#58
Just A Bunch Of Grapes. Green Ones To Be Slightly More Specific
#59
This X-Ray Of A Male Veiled Chameleon Shows The Internal Structure Of Its Casque (Structure On The Head) Which Is Used To Collect Dew, Funneling It Towards The Mouth
#60
Missing Dentures Found In Man's Throat 8 Days After Surgery
#61
Doctor’s Office Christmas Card Is An X-Ray Made To Look Like Rudolph
#62
Polydactyl Claw X-Ray
#64
Thought I Had Jammed My Pinky. At The Doc's Office The Next Day, She Told Me To Come With Her To The X-Ray Room And To Bring My Camera
She said it was a 'spiral fracture' and that she doesn't get to see many of those (she's my PCP). I was quickly referred over to ortho
#65
I Give This Post Two Thumbs Up
#66
A Wooden Adjustable Doll. Some Interesting Bits In The Inside
#67
Lipsticks! I Love That They Added Some Weight To A Couple To Make Them Feel Expensive
#68
My Heart Rat Had To Have X-Rays. This One's The Most Humorous. She Gave 2 Poops
#69
My X-Rays Before Braces In August 2018 To Now August 2020
#70
My Newborn Son's X-Ray At 1 Day Old
#71
X-Ray Of A Photographer And Camera
#72
Snake X-Ray
#73
80’s Video Monitor/TV Screen. I Found One Small Enough To X-Ray. This One Brought Me Joy. I Hope It Does For You Too
#74
X-Ray Of A Coconut
#75
X-Ray Of A Turtle With Eggs
#76
Panoramic X-Ray Of A Child (Adult Teeth Growing In)
#77
My Chest X-Ray After 3 Pacemaker Surgeries, A Median Sternotomy And Valve Repair
#78
Moon Snail Shell. This Was Collected By A Friend Off Of Savary Island B.C.
#79
X-Ray Of A Hedgehog With Balloon Syndrome
#80
Patient Went To Take Vitamins She Had In Her Pocket, Scooped Up The Ring In There As Well
Fun fact, the reason the ring was in her pocket in the first place was because the center stone fell out and she was going to take it to the jewelers.
TheReader19 5 years ago
Damn, she's good at swallowing; would have thought she'd gag on a ring straight away
#81
The Little Girl Swallowed A Coin
ramen noodle is saying "E" 5 years ago
I had to go to the emergency room one time, the kid in the room next to us had a coin being removed out of her throat. the screams were terrifying even a room over.
#82
The Worst Case Of Rheumatoid Arthritis I've Ever Seen
#83
Anne Geddes Baby Bear Toy. I Hope You Saw This In The Morning And Not Right Before Bed
#84
Hedgehog (Dark Spot Is Gas In The Stomach)
#85
6 Years Ago Today I Had A Surgery To Straighten Up My Spine, This Is The Before And After Result. I Gained 5 Cm With The Process
#86
I Went For A Sinus X-Ray And They Said I Didn't Need To Takes Out All My Piercings, This Is What It Looked Like
#87
Steel Boned Corset. I Can’t Believe This Is Clothing
#88
Finally Cropped Out All My Personal Info So, Enjoy This X-Ray
#89
Not Every Day You See A Prosthetic Breaking
#91
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters
#94
My Friends X-Ray After Being Shot With A Shotgun
M O'Connell 5 years ago
That birdshot hit with quite a bit of force to have broken his humerus.
#95
Winnie Jungbluth, At 5 Years Old “She's Exhibiting Nesting Behavior But Hasn't Laid Any Eggs And We Are Worried About Her”
#96
Went Through 21 Years Thinking I Never Broke A Bone Until An X-Ray For A Shoulder Problem Revealed This Atrocity, It Broke And Healed Without Me Knowing, Was Nice Knowing You
BluEyedSeoulite 5 years ago
It could happened when he/she was a baby. You'd think you'd notice but if it happens at birth, it can easily be missed
#97
A Woman I Work With Had An X-Ray Done To Her Foot For Her Arthritis... Found This Surprise. Apparently It's Been There For Over 30 Years
#100
Xray Of My Little Finger Dislocated
#101
I Have 5 Wisdom Teeth
#102
Digestion In The Process - X-Ray Of A Diamond Python
#103
An Old X Ray Of My Pacemaker/Defibrillator. I’ve Since Gotten A New Heart And Don’t Need It Anymore
#104
Don't Punch Things Folks
#105
A Well Loved Pair Of Capezio Tap Shoes
#106
My (33 Year Old) X Rays Showing My Remaining Baby Teeth
#107
Fat-Tailed Gecko
#108
This Is My X-Ray After I Ate A Quarter After Stealing It From My Brother When I Was 5
#109
I Finally Got X-Rays Of My Leg After Amputation
M O'Connell 5 years ago
Does the bone heal over into a more rounded shape on the end eventually? My inner woodworker really wants to round over the sharp edges.
#110
This X-Ray Of My Hedgehog
ScarlettofHydraIsland 5 years ago
“You can do it with a giraffe if you stand on a stool, but the hedgehog can never be b*ggered at all!”
#111
It Would Be Pointless For A Guessing Game, So Here’s A Twix
#112
My Cat Louis Ate A Key. Don't Worry, He Is Okay Post-Enterotomy
#115
How Fat My Cat Looks In His X-Ray
#116
My Snake Is Full Of Eggs
#117
Today I Took A Dental X-Ray For A Child. This Is How The Milk Teeth Change Permanently. The Picture Clearly Shows How The Premolar Comes Out
#119
My Little Pony Collection. They’re My Daughter’s Newer Ones. We Blew Up My Sister’s Original Ones Back In The Day
#120
As I Am No Botanist, Here Is An X-Ray Of A Random House Plant
#122
My Gecko Got X-Rays The Other Day And Thought You Guys Might Like To See
Logic and Reason 5 years ago
Wow, the bones are so tiny. I have a leopard gecko as well but I didn’t think his tail bones especially were that small.
#123
Saxophone
ramen noodle is saying "E" 5 years ago
i know some people that play saxophones. takes lots of finger coordination with all the buttons.
#124
X-Ray From The Dentist Shows A BB From When I Got Shot In The Face About 15 Years Ago
#125
X-Ray Of Blow Dart In My Hand
#126
Cat Pooping During An Xray
#127
This Is An Xray Of My Old Cochlear Implant. Unfortunately It Didn't Work, So It Was Removed. But It Is Pretty Wild To See All Of The Parts That Were In My Head
#128
ED Patient From A While Ago Who Stabbed Himself In The Leg - AP Showed The Knife Sitting Around 2 cm Medially To The Femur
#131
I Went To The Dentist For Tooth Pain, I Got My X-Rays Taken And The Dental Assistant Said My Wisdom Teeth Were "Like Something Out Of A Textbook"
#132
A Bike Going Through The Security X-Ray At The Malaga Airport
#133
Black & Decker Coffee Maker
#134
Sunbeam Heating Blanket
#135
A Baseball
#136
An X-Ray Of My Dog's (Naturally) Bent Tail
BluEyedSeoulite 5 years ago
3 of my cats have messed up tails too. I'm guessing they look the same!
#137
Here’s What A Canine Skull X-Ray Looks Like
#138
This Xray I Have Of A Pregnant Woman
#142
X-Rays Of My Spinal Fusion Surgery Before And After
#143
Had A BB Removed From My Arm After 20-ish Years, Here’s The X-Ray And Post Op Culprit
#145
X-Ray Of My Bunion. I Thought It Was Interesting
Annabella Li 5 years ago
the most interesting bit isn't the bunion but how two of her foot bones have fused together
#146
A Bunch Of Random Pens. My Favourite Is Third From The Left, You Can See The Little Crystals Really Well On The X-Ray
#147
An X-Ray Of My Parrot
#149
Dental 3D X-Ray On A Child
#150
The Vet Forgot To Take Off My Pug's (Fake) Pearl Necklace Before An X-Ray
#152
A Friend Of Mine Asked Me To X-Ray Products To See If We Were Getting Ripped Off. So Far The Biggest Rip Off Has Been This Extinguisher
Somebody is probably going to chime in and say it’s filled only 75% for a reason, but they’re likely just a shill for big fire extinguisher
M O'Connell 5 years ago
The "empty space" is the pressurized gas that propels the fire retardant!
#153
My Nipple Piercing On My Chest X-Ray
#156
Had My Septum Ring Flipped Up Inside My Nose During An Xray And This Is How The X Rays Came Out
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jonnotheGOAT 5 years ago
one time, in 5th grade, i dislocated my pinky while playing ball. i don't wanna say it was sideways but....how do i put this. so there are 3 bones in your pinky, right? imagine the top 2 bones NEXT to the bottom 3rd bone. yeah so imagine that. freaky right? but the strange thing is, that it didn't even hurt. i felt totally normal. it only hurts when i pull it or try to move it. i went to the ER and they straight up put a needle in my pinky. 2, actually. it became numb, and they popped it back it place. and it was the most satisfying sound ever. it also swelled and i had to wait 6 weeks for it to go back to normal. and thru the whole thing, i didn't even cry. THE END
AlmightyOne 5 years ago
About half of these fascinated me. The other half filled me with a deep sense of existential dread.
jonnotheGOAT 5 years ago
one time, in 5th grade, i dislocated my pinky while playing ball. i don't wanna say it was sideways but....how do i put this. so there are 3 bones in your pinky, right? imagine the top 2 bones NEXT to the bottom 3rd bone. yeah so imagine that. freaky right? but the strange thing is, that it didn't even hurt. i felt totally normal. it only hurts when i pull it or try to move it. i went to the ER and they straight up put a needle in my pinky. 2, actually. it became numb, and they popped it back it place. and it was the most satisfying sound ever. it also swelled and i had to wait 6 weeks for it to go back to normal. and thru the whole thing, i didn't even cry. THE END
AlmightyOne 5 years ago
About half of these fascinated me. The other half filled me with a deep sense of existential dread.
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