Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy (1916) (14571660859)

Identifier: radiographyxrayt00knox (find matches)

Title: Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy

Year: 1916 (1910s)

Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928

Subjects: Radiography Radiotherapy Radium

Publisher: New York : Macmillan

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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the joint shows marked disintegration, with a synovial cavity filledwith caseous material, this showing in the radiograph as faintly markedirregular shading within a greatly swollen joint. The surrounding bones, especially those below the joint, show atrophicchanges. All the bones entering into the joint become affected. All stages inthe history of tuberculous disease of joints may be demonstrated by radio-graphy. The very early stages are, however, the most difficult on which togive an opinion, and clinical evidence should always be taken into accountwhen an opinion is required. It is of the utmost importance to be able todetermine the presence of early tuberculosis, for on that the future treatmentdepends. In joints which have been the seat of recent injury, changes due tothe injury may be detected, and these may later become the centre of atuberculous infection. Consequently, when examining joints after injury itis important to be able to distinguish fine changes in the parts. 174

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