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It was not until several years after the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen, in December, 1895-after operators had been severely burned in laboratories and hospitals all over the world, and surgeons and physicians began to compare notes, that the pathological effects of X-rays were discovered and understood.
Says John Macy (in his memorial volume on Walter James Dodd, heroic victim of 50 separate operations due to X-ray burn):