Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy - with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray (1912) (14757143965)

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Title: Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Martin, James Madison, 1866-1947

Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Diagnosis, Radioscopic Eye Electric Stimulation Therapy X-Ray Therapy Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures

Publisher: St. Louis : C.V. Mosby

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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he wrote the authora long letter, describing in detail all that had transpired from thetime the growth was first noticed, as a mere scale on the side of theneck, to the time of writing. The letter would be interesting read-ing, but it is too lengthy for insertion here, and is a repetition of 29-i PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY the experience of every case of the same nature. He gives a minutedescription of the usual temporary methods of treatment and hisjourneys from place to place in search of relief or cure, withoutfinding either. This man died a victim of skin cancer, eitherthrough his own neglect or because of both the ignorance and neglectof his physician. At the time he was seen his condition was asshown in the illustration. Nothing could be clone but to endeavorto relieve his distressed condition, which course was followed. For-tunately he suffered very little pain, and was one of the best pa-tients ever treated by the author. In his letter he took no blame on

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1. 2. Fig. 131.—Epithelioma of the neck (third degree). himself for his condition, claiming that he had consulted many phy-sicians of reputation at a time when the condition was not alarm-ing, and believed at the time that he was receiving the treatment hiscase required. He was so broad-minded that he blamed none of thephysicians for their failures, as he believed they had treated himaccording to the best of their knowledge and he met his fate withthe stoicism of Zeno. Fig. 131 represents an interesting case that was fought to thevery verge of the grave. 1 represents the appearance of the pa-tient before his second operation. Some years before he had can- X-RAY THERAPY 295 cer of the left eye, which was removed by Doctor E. H. Cary, of Dal-las. The operation was followed by x-ray treatment, and the after-results were all that could have been desired by the most critical.Some years later he received a severe bruise on the left side of thelower jaw, resulting in an ugly ulcer that ear

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