Röntgen rays

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The alternative is the application of radium or of the Röntgen rays, which, although requiring many exposures, results in cure with the minimum of disfigurement.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The Röntgen rays are certain invisible rays resembling, in many respects, rays of light, which are set free when a high pressure electric current is discharged through a vacuum tube.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 by Various

For this reason she was not preoccupied with the complications of sentiment or of the softer emotions which not even the Röntgen rays have yet been able to reproduce with a camera.

From The Arbiter A Novel by Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, Lady

Repeated mild exposures to the Röntgen rays have a favorable influence in some instances.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Röntgen rays and radium have also figured in recent years in the treatment of disease.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew