X-Ray Experimentation - Injured Hands

Before the risks associated with radiation were understood, radiologists sustained injuries to their hands (among other things).  Marie Curie, and her daughter Irene, are believed to have died from leukemia, likely as a result of their work with radiation.

Credits

For more information on injuries sustained by pioneering radiologists, see A Century of X-rays and Radioactivity in Medicine - With Emphasis on Photographic Records of the Early Years, by Richard F. Mould.