“…… So I think it's best to name it Roentgen Rays. ”

In Professor Röntgen's office, John said solemnly.

"No, no! It's not appropriate. ”

Professor Röntgenium, who was sitting opposite, waved his right hand vigorously, and retorted excitedly: "My work is only a reproduction of your discovery, and until now I have not understood its essence, what qualifications do you have to name it after me?" I strongly disagree! But ......"

Röntgen paused for a moment before he continued, "If you agree, you can name it Huntelaar Rays!" ”

Huntelaar rays?

John's face turned black at first when he heard the name, and then quickly turned red.

After taking a few photographs of the hand bones, a physicist and a medical scientist engaged in a heated debate over the naming of the unknown ray before it was shown to the world.

The naming of rays is actually a big problem.

In the history of Western science, everyone likes to use someone's name to name a certain unit, phenomenon or method, such as Newton, the unit of mechanics, such as the Edison effect, and then the post-surgical procedure, which is the highest honor for a scientist. So when Professor Röntgen finished his paper and was about to send it for publication, he and John got into an argument over the naming of the rays.

John's idea is very simple, the real history is that Roentgen discovered this ray, and many people in later generations are also accustomed to calling it Roentgen ray, and it is natural to name it after him in this world. Professor Röntgenium, however, had a different opinion, for the simple reason that John had discovered the phenomenon, and he had only reproduced it with reference to the other party's suggestion, so it would be more appropriate to name it Huntelaar rays.

For the sake of this question. The two argued.

Röntgen was a scientist of great integrity, otherwise future generations would not have made the patent public, so he insisted that John was the real discoverer. And John knows better that this is the honor that the other party deserves, and it would be shameless if he really accepted it......

"If that's the case......"

Sighing secretly, John said helplessly: "Professor, I think it might as well be named X-ray." It means it's unknown, what do you think? ”

"X-rays?"

Röntgen's eyebrows furrowed, and he pondered.

After thinking about it for about ten seconds, Röntgen's brows finally gradually relaxed, slapped his thigh and smiled: "Okay, it's called X-ray, and it can also be intense for everyone to continue to explore the mystery of this ray!" ”

After much of the scramble, they eventually returned to the final point, and Roentgen quickly agreed to John's proposal. Eventually, all the empty spaces on the paper were filled with the name X-ray.

But......

Shaking his head, John smiled bitterly: "Professor, this paper can be published, but in terms of the current imaging quality, it is still a little reluctant to apply it directly in the medical field!" ”

"Oh?"

Blinking, Röntgen was slightly incomprehensible. Again, he is a physicist, not a medical scientist. John's entanglement is simply incomprehensible. And to be honest, the future first-time Nobel laureate in physics didn't care about any medical applications at all. It doesn't make any sense to him.

Of course, John knew this, but after the kid rolled his eyes, he quickly laughed: "Professor, although we have discovered X-rays, we still know too little about it, I wonder if you are interested in continuing to study?" I don't dare say anything else. But I can still help with the funding......"

……

In Würzburg, Johann stayed for almost a week.

Over the course of the week, John and Roentgen had a lively discussion. Searching through the memories in his mind, John released the improvement plan for the future X-ray machine little by little. Not so directly, of course, John took advantage of the discussion with Roentgen. With "flash of inspiration" and "whim", the tungsten lamp X-ray tube, filter grid and cadmium tungstate phosphor screen were proposed. These ideas initially made you suspicious, but when John revealed that he was the inventor of the tungsten light bulb, the physics professor immediately agreed to give it a try.

At the same time, during the course of the week, John and William? Professor Röntgen has reached a series of cooperation agreements, for example, he will provide 50,000 marks of research funds for Professor Röntgen's research on X-rays in the next six months, but he must first study how to make imaging more convenient and clear; For example, Johann will send up to five people to Würzburg in the near future to study with Professor Roentgen and assist in research. For example, in the future, the X-ray machine patent will go to John's name, and Professor Röntgen will receive research funding of 50,000 marks per year for a total of five years.

With this huge investment, John did not hesitate in the slightest.

Long before he left for Europe, John had already informed Heinz Medical Devices by letter, asking them to start recruiting experimental physicists. German physics may not be as strong as chemistry, but it is also one of the few great powers in this era, so by the time Johann arrived in Berlin, Heinz Medical Devices had a small experimental physics team of five people. Of course, most of these people are recent college graduates, and two of them are from the University of Berlin who joined because of the generous remuneration of Heinz Medical Devices.

This decision once made many people incomprehensible.

Studying physics and a medical device company, no matter how you look at it, it seems that there is no direct connection between the two. You know, the so-called medical device companies in this era are not like the future, they can produce large-scale CT, MRI and other equipment, as far as the current situation is concerned, Heinz Medical Devices' products are nothing more than stethoscopes, thermometers, surgical instruments and blood pressure monitors. Although these things are made using the principles of physics, they are essentially the accidental result of a long period of thinking by physicians, and few companies have devoted special energy to studying them.

But what John wanted to do was build a new model.

Just like pharmaceutical companies are now developing new sulfonamides, John hopes to use a modern R&D model to provide ample financial support and establish a professional research team to work with Roentgen on more advanced X-ray machines!

Because X-rays are so important for modern medicine!

Not only is it ushering in a new era of diagnosis, but it is also the main force that pulls patients from home to hospital. And on the other hand, the emergence of X-ray machine has also set off a new era of medical diagnosis and treatment equipment, becoming the first modern large-scale medical equipment, no matter how much investment is absolutely worthwhile...... (To be continued......)