# Dr. MacIntyre's X-Ray film

"First X-ray cinematograph film ever taken shown by Dr. Macintyre at the London Royal Society 1897. Shots of X-ray picture of frog's knee joint (.11); X-ray radiograph of adult, each picture taken in the 300th part of a second. A series of these pictures enable us to see a complete cycle of the movements of the heart. The movements of the digestive organs can also be seen, and the joints of the body, thus facilitating diagnoses of disease of the bones and joints. Shots of X-ray picture of human heart beat (.29) \[c1909\] Movement of the stomach after Bismuth Meal. Shots of same (.40)" (Film description at Scottish Screen Archive).

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1896
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: John Macintyre (1857-1928)
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._MacIntyre%27s_X-Ray_film.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: John Macintyre (1857-1928)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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