Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the Early History of the Roentgen Rays

Abstract

If ever there was an epoch-making discovery in medicine, it was the development of the x-rays, primarily through the fundamental discoveries of Roentgen. In this book Dr. Glasser traces that discovery from the fundamental investigations made by earlier investigators to the present status of roentgenology as a science. When the German edition first appeared, it was recognized as a significant contribution to medical biography. Not only is the book well written but it is authentic. It is presented in the English edition on a fine stock. The book is full of handsome original illustrations, well reproduced, and is supplemented by an excellent bibliography and an index. The numerous anecdotes and quotations from correspondence and original writings in the chapter of personal reminiscences of Roentgen by Margaret Boveri make this contribution an intensely human document.

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