Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen and the Early History of the Roentgen Rays, with a Chapter [of] Personal Reminiscences of W.C. Rontgen

xii, 494 pp. 4to. Green cloth, black leather spine label, gilt titles. An account of the discovery of x-ray technology by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, and the early development of diagnostic radiology. Garrison-Morton 2702 (referencing 1933 British edition): "The standard biography of Roentgen with a detailed history of the discovery of the Roentgen rays and the early period of roentgenology. Bibliography of 1044 items published during the first year after Roentgen's discovery." Subject and name index follow text.