William Williams Keen 1896, March (published) The Eye of a Needle Plainly Visible Through the Thumb
X-ray (skiagram) Private collection of Dan Weinstock Published by Philadelphia surgeon, William Williams Keen (1837-1932), in the March 1896 issue of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 3
I'm indebted to Dan Weinstock for binging this to my attention (9 January 2018).