The Röntgen rays in medical work (1899) (14776818073)
Zusammenfassung
Identifier: rntgenraysinmedi00wals (find matches)
Title: The Röntgen rays in medical work
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Walsh, David
Subjects: X-rays Radiography X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: London : Baillière, Tindall and Cox
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
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Fig. 76.—Talipes Eqitinus in a Young Man of Nineteen : Deformitybegan at three years of age. Rowland. In deformities of the spine the rays often afford valuableinformation. This is all the more likely now that operations inthat region are becoming matters of everyday surgery. A goodinstance of the diagnostic value of the rays in cervical cases willbe found mentioned under the section Diseases of Bone(p. 163). 158 THE RONTGEN RA YS IN MEDICAL WORK Numerous cases of polydactylism and allied congenital de-formities have been published. In one or two instances theradiograph has indicated the appropriate line of operation uponsupernumerary fingers and toes.
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Fig. 77.—A Normal Foot bent strongly downwards.Compare with preceding figure. The writer appends an interesting example of polydactylism.The case was kindly placed at his disposal by Dr. Milne, themedical officer of Dr. Barnardos Home in London (Figs. 81and 82). The hands and feet in these illustrations are from the same