It’s Not The Ozone That Kills You

Early experiments with X-rays go awry. What’s New in Old News, Bull. III

A Crookes tube, used to produce X-rays. Library of Congress, public domain.

He should have stopped when the doctors amputated the thumb on his right hand.

The loss of two more fingers on his left hand was a clear warning.

But for the dogged Wolfram Fuchs, these setbacks were the price one paid for scientific…