<P> The first use of X-rays under clinical conditions was by John Hall - Edwards in Birmingham , England on 11 January 1896 , when he radiographed a needle stuck in the hand of an associate . On 14 February 1896 Hall - Edwards was also the first to use X-rays in a surgical operation . In early 1896 , several weeks after Röntgen 's discovery , Ivan Romanovich Tarkhanov irradiated frogs and insects with X-rays , concluding that the rays `` not only photograph , but also affect the living function '' . </P>
<P> The first use of X-rays under clinical conditions was by John Hall - Edwards in Birmingham , England on 11 January 1896 , when he radiographed a needle stuck in the hand of an associate . On 14 February 1896 Hall - Edwards was also the first to use X-rays in a surgical operation . In early 1896 , several weeks after Röntgen 's discovery , Ivan Romanovich Tarkhanov irradiated frogs and insects with X-rays , concluding that the rays `` not only photograph , but also affect the living function '' . </P>
when was the x ray first used in medicine
when was the x ray first used in medicine
11 January 1896
11 January 1896