Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy - with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray (1912) (14570473650)

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Title: Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Martin, James Madison, 1866-1947

Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Diagnosis, Radioscopic Eye Electric Stimulation Therapy X-Ray Therapy Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures

Publisher: St. Louis : C.V. Mosby

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Fig. 159.—Fracture and destruction of the greater part of the parietal bone. is placed on a table, with the injured side nearest the plate. Ablock or box about 5 inches high is placed beneath the head to makeit level. The tube should be of high vacuum, of best quality, andplaced about 18 inches from the plate and directly over the partto be most prominent in the skiagraph. The tube should be ener-gized by a coil of not less than 16-inch spark gap. The length ofexposure will depend upon the apparatus and the tube. From ten 332 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY to thirty seconds should be time enough with modern apparatus.By the use of the sinegran the time may be reduced to the fractionof a second, but the picture loses considerably in distinctness whenmade by this method. Well-directed practice with a good equip-ment will qualify a physician, with a mechanical turn, to do excel-lent work in a reasonable time. FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE LOWEREXTREMITIES.

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1. 2. Fig. 160.—Potts fracture. 1, before reduction ; 2, after reduction. Foot.—Fractures of the phalanges of the foot are usually of thecrushed or mashed variety, in which the bones are split or splin-tered. Fractures of the tarsal and metatarsal bones are more com- X-RAY IN FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 333 mon than was thought before the advent of the x-ray. Themetatarsal bones and the phalanges are easily skiagraphed, but thetarsal bones are more difficult. In injuries to the heel, in whichfractures in the astragalus and os calcis are suspected, skiagraphsshould be made in different positions and at different angles, as itis often difficult to determine the true state of affairs.

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