American X-ray journal (1902) (14734389376)

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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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rcible extension made.This proved insufficient, and the sternaltendon was cut subcutaneously in orderto secure sufficient extension. A plastercast was then placed over the crown pass-ing behind the shoulder of the affected sideand around under the axilla of the oppo-site side. This is to remain three months,to be followed by full passive motion 100times per day for thirty days. Prof. Lorenz declined to operate on anumber of cases. For instance, on a girl sinuses, with very gratifying results. Thework of application has been done by Drs.Fox, Brandt, Potts and Dye. To illustratethe value of the ray in such cases I appendsome brief reports: 1. Tuberculosis of dorsal vertebrae. Pa-tient paraplegic; no control or knowledgeof movement of feces or urine. Has re-ceived twenty-six x-ray treatments of tenminutes each on alternate days, from atube of medium vacuum, as in all the fol-lowing cases. The discharge ceased aftertwenty-one treatments. Sensation haspartially returned. The patient is now

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CONGENITAL DISLOCATION. OPERATED ON RY PROF. LORENZ. of nine, because the distance from the ace-tabulum to the head of the femur was toogreat to enable the reduction to be accom-plished at one operation; on a girl of ten,partly for the same reason and partly onaccount of her age; on a girl of eleven, be-cause the dislocation appeared to be oftubercular origin. In the latter case herecommended slow extension with fixationby a plaster cast for two weeks, to be fol-lowed by further extension and fixation. I have also applied the rays recently ina number of cases of diseased bones and conscious when movement of bowels orbladder is about to occur. 2. Osteomyelitis of the dorsal vertebrae,of tubercular origin. Several small ab-scesses were aspirated, but only staphylo-cocci were found in the cultures. The pa-tient had no control over his legs. He re-ceived twenty-one x-ray treatments of tenminutes each on alteiitate days. He couldsoon move his limbs.* Sensation returnedcompletely, and his c

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