Radiography, x-ray therapeutics and radium therapy (1915) (14571528869)

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Title: Radiography, x-ray therapeutics and radium therapy

Year: 1915 (1910s)

Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868?-1928

Subjects: Radiography Radiotherapy

Publisher: New York, Macmillan

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons

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PLATE XVI.—NoiiMAi. Hji, Dislocation, and Fracture at Hip-joint. a, Normal liip-joint, showing the head of the femur ; the acetabulum is seen surrounding part of the head. h, Dislocation at hip-joint,c, Fracture through neck of femur (intracapsular).

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PLATE XVIf.—Injuries and Disease of Pelvis and Hip-joint. a, Fracture of pelvis in a child ; the injury has occurred at both pubic bones, and on one sidethrough the ischium. b, Fracture of neck of femur, impaction into great trochanter. c, Displacement of upper end of femur in a child. The acetabulum is eroded and the head of femuris absent. This is probably the result of tuberculosis. The appearances are similar to those of con-genital dislocation. 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

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