Every day, scientists are always looking to improve technologies. Inventions of the past have been innovated to work better and faster than ever before, making things easier and faster to discover and work on. One of these inventions was X-rays. It was first discovered in 1895 by a German physics professor, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, who took the first human X-ray of his wife's hand. X-rays have been around for a while now and a multitude of changes have been made to make x-rays work optimally. X-rays have brought many benefits to the medical field and have helped save many lives. Before the discovery of X-rays, many things were impossible for doctors and scientists. When someone was injured, such as a broken bone, the doctor would have to go in blind to find the almost exact location of the broken bone and attempt to repair it. Doctors had to use physical exams and their own guesses to determine what they were looking for. A physical exam involves simply looking at the body, feeling it, listening to the sounds the body makes, and usually tapping the body to see what sound it makes. In the past, doctors could only use these methods to determine where a fracture, tumor, or even a bullet was located. Of course, these examinations were not free and the patient had to pay for them. Life before x-rays was unimaginable and the invention has helped people ever since. Although x-rays can have many advantages, they can also have disadvantages that limit their use. When exposed to prolonged or too strong rays, a process called ionizing radiation can occur. In this process, all living tissues of the human body can be damaged; because ionizing radiation (with enough paper...... middle of paper... can affect the body. I think society benefits a lot from X-rays and does not appreciate them enough. Without such an amazing invention, we would not be able to perform many procedures that are part of daily life today. In this day and age, we do not need to perform physical exams to determine what is wrong with a person, we can just x-ray it to identify it However, x-rays can be a great help, but we have to be careful because they can be dangerous and hurt the person who is being helped. Our society sees x-rays in many. places that people use daily to help improve our society and make it a safer place, and benefit an injured victim. In the future, x-rays can go to many places to help us improve the body,. to treat illnesses and perhaps even prevent them from occurring. and help many people if used correctly and safely to help our society.