Found in the hair of a trauma victim... (opens in new tab)

The patient's wife posted this image in the whatisit subreddit, where I learned that this is a modern xray marker\. I spent 30 years reviewing chest xrays, and back in the previous century the xray markers were less elaborate\. Classically the orientation was indicated with a lead \"R\" or \"L\" \(or full word \"LEFT\"\) - - sometimes with a movable pellet inside to indicate upright, supine, or decubitus positioning\.\.\. Nowadays apparently the standard is to have the xray technician's initi...