First whole body X-ray (1907). The first whole body radiograph ever taken of a living person, a woman in 1907. The X-ray was made from a single exposure by William Morton of New York. Standing with her head in profile, her skeleton, heart and liver are seen. Her jewellery is highly visible: hatpin, necklace, bracelet, rings. On her feet she is wearing high button boots with nailed-on heels, and around her hips and abdomen a whalebone corset. To make this X-ray, Morton included a 12 inch induction coil with the current supplied from a New York street mains connection. A Crookes' tube was positioned 54 inches from the X-ray plate and the time taken was about 30 minutes.