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Possible Torn Acl In Dog

X-rays, since their invention in 1895, have been used in the medical field extensively for seeing bodily structures located underneath the skin of vertebrae. Mostly, they are used to detect bone fractures or torn tendons and ligaments. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered x-rays while working with vacuum tubes. He named this new kind of radiation as x because he knew of no other name for them. While working with a cathode ray generator, Wilhelm noticed that the green rays were being projected on the wall, passing through many objects to get there. He then started doing more and more tests on this new type of radiation to see what else it could pass through. Wilhelm got his wife to place her hand into the radiation and he acquired the first ever photograph of a human body part using x-rays. Wilhelm received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for this amazing discovery.
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation and contain a wavelength of 10 to .01 nanometers. These rays are longer......


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