Schüttmann W
Sudhoffs Arch. 1995;79(1):1-21.
In early January 1896 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen sent offprints to several colleagues of his to make them acquainted with his discovery of the X-rays. From January 5, 1896 newspapers started reporting on that discovery worldwide from Vienna. In several cities the news immediately set off corresponding scientific activities among specialists. This paper looks into such activities carried out in Berlin to show how promptly Röntgen's discovery was taken up, with a number of priorities having been set in the capital of the German Reich. The X-ray photographs which Röntgen had forwarded together with his offprints were displayed and discussed at a meeting of the Berlin Physical Society as early as on January 4, 1896, making his discovery known to the public for the first time. On January 6, 1896 the discovery and photographs were presented at a session of the Berlin Association of Internal Medicine and its diagnostic application was discussed in the medical community for the first time. A few days after that, the first photographs shot by other authors after Röntgen, and their diagnostic use, were demonstrated in Berlin. Finally, Röntgen's early visit to Emperor William II on January 12, 1896, which led to the speedy introduction of the X-day technique into German military medicine, is discussed in detail.
1896年1月初，威廉·康拉德·伦琴将论文单行本寄给了几位同事，以便他们了解他发现的X射线。从1896年1月5日起，世界各地的报纸开始从维也纳报道这一发现。在几个城市，这一消息立即引发了专家们相应的科学活动。本文考察了在柏林开展的此类活动，以展示伦琴的发现是多么迅速地被采纳，在德意志帝国的首都设定了一些优先事项。早在1896年1月4日，伦琴随论文单行本一起寄出的X光照片就在柏林物理学会的一次会议上进行了展示和讨论，这使他的发现首次为公众所知。1896年1月6日，这一发现和照片在柏林内科协会的一次会议上进行了展示，其诊断应用在医学界首次得到讨论。此后几天，伦琴之后其他作者拍摄的首批照片及其诊断用途在柏林进行了展示。最后，详细讨论了1896年1月12日伦琴对威廉二世皇帝的早期拜访，这次拜访使得X射线技术迅速被引入德国军事医学。
