Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics - with chapters on radium and phototherapy (1910) (14758251035)

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Title: Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics : with chapters on radium and phototherapy

Year: 1910 (1910s)

Authors: Kassabian, Mihran Krikor, 1870-1910

Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Phototherapy Radiology Radiotherapy

Publisher: Philadelphia & London : J.B. Lippincott Company

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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al and orbital recesses and thesphenoidal sinuses. Both views should always be skiagraphed. The den-tiaskiascope, or endodioscope, first described by Dr. Macintyre and usedfor examining the hard and soft tissues about the bones of the face, nose,and larynx, deserves mention. Dr. Macintyre writes as follows :^ Thefluorescent screen is placed inside of the mouth and the Crookes tube out-side, or vice versa. Small disks of glass are coated with the fluorescent ^ Annals of Gynsecology and Pediatrics, Feb., 1903.2 Glasgow Hospital Reports, 1898, p. 306. 368 ELECTEO-THEEAPEUTICS. salt and covered with aluminium, or tongue depressors consisting of flatstrips of glass covered and coated in the same way may be employed. Byplacing the tube outside, I am able to get an image of the septum andother parts of the cavity of the nose, on the fluorescent screen in themouth. In the same way the roots of the teeth may be seen. If thesurgeon desires to examine the tissues externally,—i. e., to pass the

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Fig. 198.— AuTHOEs Head Rest fok Skiagraphing Diseases of the Frontal Sinuses.—Withthis device, the patient is seated and his head or face is applied to the board. Tliere are two movablepadded head rests, one on the vertex and the other under the occiput; the chin is supported on a rest.P. 11. is a plate-holder lined with a transparent material, into which the sensitive plate can be slid orinserted. It is also very convenient for stereoscopic work. This plate-holder can be adjusted accordingto the angle of the face and forehead, as shown in the scale, and fastened at any angle. I find that a80-degree angle is the best position for the patient. This angle is formed by the glabella G, the exter-nal auditory meatus, and the anode of the Crookes tube. As the facial angle varies in different individ-uals, it is necessary tofidjust the tube accordingly. The more obtuse the facial angle, the more acuteshould be the angle between the bundles of rays and the base of the skull, or a line co

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