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X-ray Photography
X-ray photograph of hands

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographer: Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848-1916). X-ray photograph of a hand. 1896. Vintage collodion paper print. 16,5 x 12 cm. Mounted to board, annotated by the photographer "Albrecht's Hand" and by a later hand in ink on the verso.

The discovery of X-rays by Conrad Roentgen and capturing them on photographic plates in 1895 revolutionized medicine from then on. Another important scientist, Prof. Ernst Dorn, was experimenting with X-rays and radioactivity at the University of Halle at the same time. His small publication, offered here, appeared just six months after Roentgen's. His X-ray prints from 1896, one of which is offered here, are equally impressive. – Light surface rubbing, slightly faded, some spots, lines, otherwise in good condition. With: Contemporary publication Mitteilungen über Röntgen-Strahlen von E.- Dorn, Halle 1896.