Radiography and radio-therapeutics (1917) (14735027516)

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Title: Radiography and radio-therapeutics

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928

Subjects: Radiography Radiotherapy

Publisher: New York : Macmillan

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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PLATE XXXVI. — FiJACTrRKS of Lkg, Ankle, axu Foot. «, Oblique fracture of shaft of tibia, lateral view, shows epiphyses of lower eiul of tibia aixl also ofOS calcis. 6, Autero-posterior view of tibia and fibula, showing au oblique fracture of shaft of tibia ; and alsoepiphyses at lower end of tibia, fibula, and os calcis. (, Fracture through shaft of femur ; the bone is rarefied and is probably the seat of secondary caicinonia. d, Fracture of lower end of tibia and fibula, forward dislocation of tibia. e. Fractures of tibia and fibula ; note nature of fracture of tibia./, Fracture of bases of second and third metatarsal bones.

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o iO po o s 33 <u pi^ a ^ ^ CS ? yj •^ 3 o _o 3 3 p- !- 5 w iXl CO o s 6- ./ -ti ^ ^ J—. OJ -tJ o .2 ^ E it S ••--5 .2 C C ._ ■ C o ■r _ fi DISEASES OF BONE All varieties of bone disease are met with in the radiographic examinationof the bones, it being possible to trace the progress of disease from the slightestbeginnings to the most advanced stages. A thorough appreciation of thenormal appearance of bone is necessary before we can make out departuresfrom it. Good negatives are essential, that is, the negative must show thefiner detail as well as the outline of the bone. Soft tubes give better platesfor this purpose than hard ones, but the exposures require to be longer,and this is in some cases a disadvantage, as movement on the part of thepatient is apt to spoil the picture. When a long exposure is necessary thelimb may be kept quite still by laying sand-bags around it and upon theparts not required in the picture, or soft pads may be placed on the limb,and a compres

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