The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14757360715)

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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine

Year: 1906 (1900s)

Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society

Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays

Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas

Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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while I amdoing bronchoscopic work. It was Jackson who urged me to take upbronchoscopic work. We must remember that every case offoreign body is a case by itself and must bestudied thoroughly and a scheme worked outfor that individual case. THE ROENTGENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PATHOLOG-ICAL GALL-BLADDER* . BY B. R. KIRKLIX, M.D.Ml NCIE, I\DI \\ \ IT is with considerable timidity that Iattempt to discuss the roentgenologicalstudy of the gall-bladder before thissociety, for I realize that during the pastfew years this subject has caused a greatdeal of criticism, and that there has beenmore or less of a controversy regarding its real value. So many roentgenologists that they are wasting time and materialin searching for gall-bladder pathology,and when they do go after a gall-bladderthey do it in a half-hearted way, doubtingif they will find any pathology, even thoughit be there. It is our opinion that unless aman attempts this work carefully, believesin its merits and is confident that his

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Fig. la. Case 331 iA. Visu ilized gall-bladder showing Fig. 16. Case 331 iB. Roentgenogram of removed galone gall-stone shadow. bladder showing the one stone which casts a positive shadow, and seven stones which cast negativeshadows. throughout the country have not had theinterest to do this work, or if they have,it seems that little effort has been madetoward a progressive study of the gall-bladder, or developing a careful andcorrect technique. investigation is thorough, he had betternot try it at all. GALL-STONES The question of gall-stones is of verysmall moment, for we all know that there It is our opinion that most of the men is a large number of stones which offer nowho are attempting to do gall-bladder density, not even as much as the bile inx-ray work are merely searching for gall- which they are contained, which, in tact, may cast negative shadows. Again, Georgehas called our attention to the fact that,though the stones individually cast nopositive shadow on the x-ray film, a

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