Radiography and radio-therapeutics (1917) (14754914641)

Identifier: radiographyradio01knox (find matches)

Title: Radiography and radio-therapeutics

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928

Subjects: Radiography Radiotherapy

Publisher: New York : Macmillan

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

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rator should be familiar with the appearancesshown in any departures from the normal when they are subjected to anX-ray examination. The technique of this method has developed rapidlywith the improvements in apparatus, and, as experience accumulates, thevalue of an individual operator increases proportionately with the numberof cases he is called upon to examine. Greater accuracy in diagnosis mustfollow upon the accumulation of experience, and when it is possible tostandardise methods the value of X-ray examination will be correspondinglygreater. A doubtful case should be sent for Rdntgen examination, with a carefulnote of the history and details of the physical signs and symptoms and ofany laboratory tests that are available. These may give a clue as to themethod of examination most likely to be useful in elucidating some doubtfulpoint in the diagnosis. The aim of the radiologist should be to interpretthe condition from his particular point of view, and from all these preliminary 304

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PLATE LIX.—ItADiOGRAMs SHOWING ChaN(;ks in Position of Diaphragm and CALCARF.ors Glands. a, The aruh of the diaphraaiu on tlie left side is high, the clear area is caused by gas in a distendedstomach. Note fluid level at the lower limit of the clear area. /;, Extensive distribution of calcareous glands in thorax, axillw, and cervical regions. Healed tubercu-losis ol many years standing. c. Calcified glands at roots of both lungs. Healed tuberculosis.

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1917

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