When people take a look at the advances in technology since the Civil War, a lot has changed. Some things in the past were limited based on what they had, meaning the problems they faced were due to a lack of support and technological resources. Technology is one of the many changes in our society, not only because people simply create things, but also because of the science and research that goes into these advancements. From these advancements, the technology created has found a way to solve the problems faced in different areas. One of these technological advances was X-rays. What was society like before the discovery of X-rays? The only way a human body could be examined was through the use of touch/probing, physical examination, and doctors' best guess. Doctors were limited to physical exams such as endoscopy, which is the process of surgically opening the body. The disadvantage of using an endoscope was that the patient would have to be seriously ill because early probing would cause a lot of damage to the body. Until a small light bulb for hysteroscopy (viewing the uterus) was produced in 1908, endoscopy was a blind science. As for the survey, doctors could only diagnose based on a guess about what the problem might be. Other attempts were the use of sound waves through the body and electrical induction. A famous attempt at electrical induction was that of Alexander Graham Bell who attempted to find the bullet in President James Garfield's head after an attempted assignment. Using a new form of non-surgical medical imaging, Graham attempted to find the bullet but failed largely due to the metal bed the president was lying on (he was a large man and no one wanted to move him). Before the invention of…half of paper…sure. In summary, X-rays have contributed greatly to saving the lives of human beings. X-rays were used before surgery and in conjunction with physical examinations. X-rays have been used to test metal welds both to make sure the weld is good and in case of accidents to see if there are breaks in the weld. X-ray technology is a way to see into the body or objects without tearing, opening, or tearing it. X-ray technology, like other computing technologies, is undergoing smaller but cheaper changes as silicon chips begin to do the work of open and closed X-ray tube technology. It was a bit of an accident that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered that X-rays could be imprinted onto a film through certain materials. However, the world is happy that he was looking for a new way of seeing the body. New technology is the product of hard-working people and a little favor.