American X-ray journal (1901) (14755777954)

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Title: American X-ray journal

Year: 1902 (1900s)

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Subjects: X-Rays Radiography

Publisher: St. Louis : American X-Ray Publishing Co.

Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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. The ordinaryapparatus used for diagnostic purposes requiresa larger primary current than I believe is safeand the ordinary apparatus also is not equippedwith means of measuring the primary current.For these reasons I believe it should not be usedfor the sort of work which I had under consider-ation. Of course, in desperate conditions likeinoperable carcinomas one might be justified inrunning the risk of injury by the use of uncertainand large quantities of light, but I take up in myarticle rather more extensively than the malig-nant diseases minor affections of the skin whichare treated with the x-rays, as acne, hypertrich-osis, and the treatment of such cases should beundertaken only with apparatus where the chancesof any damage are reduced to a minimum. I wasafraid in writing my article, when considering itsuse in such conditions as acne, sycosis, ring-worm, etc., that some men who are unfamiliarwith the subject might be led on to use it in these The Kinraide High-Frequeiicy Coil.

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The bestapparatusfor usewith thedirect oralternatingcurrent, SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR. EX B. Meyrowitz, Maker of Ophthalmological Apparatus, Complete Standard Electro-Therapeutic Equipments, X-Ray Apparatus and High Grade Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Instruments.104 East Twenty-third Street, ) 604 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis. 125 West Forty-second Street, (-NEW YORK, 36a St. Peter Street, St. Paml. 650 Madison Avenue, ) 3 rue Scribe, Paris, France. ioi6 THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. comparatively trivial affections without due careand with the production of unexpected disastrousresults, I felt, therefore, that at least one shortparagraph of caution should be given.Thanking you for your kind letter, I am, Yours truly, W. A. Pusev. The Electrical Review, of London,gave a brief summary of the meeting ofthe Roentgen Ray Society of America.The expression was kind and timely,and is appreciated by members who readthis great weekly. Otis Clapp & Son of Providence, R. I.,will pay cash for

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