![1895 first X-ray image - a hand with a wedding ring.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/001/156/full/The-first-X-ray20160523-5404-1dlai0d.jpg?1674165608)
When German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895, he took an X-ray image of his wife's hand that clearly showed the bones of her hand as well as her wedding ring.
When German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895, he took an X-ray image of his wife's hand that clearly showed the bones of her hand as well as her wedding ring.