Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics - with chapters on radium and phototherapy (1910) (14755844274)

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Title: Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics : with chapters on radium and phototherapy

Year: 1910 (1910s)

Authors: Kassabian, Mihran Krikor, 1870-1910

Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Phototherapy Radiology Radiotherapy

Publisher: Philadelphia & London : J.B. Lippincott Company

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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Fig. ):i9< i—Hip-joint (an tero-posterior view).—Raise the leaf at the end of the table, place a boardto cover the opening, and with the patient in a dorsal decubitus position use a plate 10 in. x 12 in. (25 x30 cm.) extending from the crest of the ilium, and two inches out from the external surface of the hip(the centre of the diaphragm being just over to Pouparts ligament). Both feet should rest, if possible,against the upright board and be tied, allowing the position of the foot on the injured side to resumeits inverted or everted characteristic position. Of course, in some injured eases this position may beextremely painful and difficult.

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Fig. 139H.—Both Hips (antero-posterior view).—Patient lies down as above. Plate 14 in. x 27 in.(35 X 42 cm.) is placed in a horizontal position. The compression diaphragm is removed and the tubeis raised to a height of 25 inches (65 cm.), the anode pointing over the symphysis pubis (median line). THE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 263 The Femur (Middle and Lower Thirds). Fractures.—Fractures of the shaft of the femur are common. Inchildren the injury is usually transverse with little or no displacement,while in adults it is usually oblique with much displacement. In makingskiagrams of the shaft, two plates, in exactly opposite directions, shouldbe taken. Fractures of the lower third of the femur are easily diagnosedby the X-rays. The Hip-Joint. Fractures.—Fractures of the upper end of the femur are divided asfollows : (1) intra-capsular, (2) epiphyseal separation, (3) extra-capsular,(4) fracture of the trochanters, (5) isolated fracture of the trochantermajor, and (6) fracture of the

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