Anna never entered the lab again.
“You see?” Röntgen said softly. “The rays see only what is permanent.” founder of radiology
For the next seven weeks, he told no one. Not his assistant. Not his beloved Anna. He ate at his bench. He slept in a chair. He built a lead shield with a small window. He placed wood, rubber, and sheets of aluminum between the tube and the screen. The invisible rays passed through them all. Then he tried lead. They stopped. Anna never entered the lab again
He held it up to the gaslight.