# X-Ray images

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-ray-images/588265>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 8, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-ray-images/588265 "2011-07-08T02:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-ray-images/588265/1 "2011-07-08T02:52:27Z")

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I happened on this link showing a full body X-Ray of an adult.

> **[Full-Body X-Ray Skeleton Photo By Bernard Hoffman George Eastman House](http://coulditbemadnessthis.blogspot.com/2008/11/full-body-x-ray-mystery-skeleton-photo.html)**
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> Men \[sic\] looking at an xray of a skeleton. Location: US Date taken: December 1868 \[?\] Photographer: Bernard Hoffman Size: 1019 x 1280 pixel...

I had heard of such things before-X-Ray machines used to image feet in shoe stores, etc, but I had never seen anything like the above.

The lady to one side in the picture implies this is a pretty casual event. Makes one smile at the fuss being made at airports. And amazed at what people did back in the day!

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-ray-images/588265/2 "2011-07-08T03:04:19Z")

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Cool picture. However…

> [@rbroome](#):
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> The lady to one side in the picture implies this is a pretty casual event. Makes one smile at the fuss being made at airports.

It isn’t _skeletons_ people are unhappy about exposing.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-ray-images/588265/3 "2011-07-08T04:40:22Z")

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Very eerie!