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X-ray Machine

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We sometimes need to see what your body looks like inside so that we can operate. To do this, we have to use an X-ray machine. An X-ray machine is a huge camera that can take pictures of the inside of your body. These pictures are shown on a monitor. The doctors can then look at the X-ray images and operate on you at the same time.