International Day of Radiology • November 8
Before X-rays, doctors were half detectives, half gamblers. They listened, tapped, guessed. A cough could mean pneumonia—or maybe not. A stomach pain could be gas—or a hidden tumor. They had no way to look inside without cutting open the body.
Then came Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895. While experimenting with cathode rays, he noticed something glowing on a nearby screen. What he discovered wasn’t an invention—it was a revelation. He called them “X-rays,” because he didn’t yet know what they were. But they changed medicine forever.
For the first time, bones, lungs, and even bullets inside soldiers could be seen without surgery. The world saw its own skeleton—and science found a new vision.
Every November 8, we celebrate the International Day of Radiology, marking Röntgen’s discovery. It honors every radiologist and technician who helps doctors see what the eye cannot.
Because sometimes, saving a life begins with seeing the unseen.
⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ
