The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14570901018)
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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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an elasticwashable cotton bandage and have them applyit every day and keep on applying it until youcan coax nature to help you out. CONGENITAL (HEREDITARY) ABSENCE OF MIDDLE JOINT OF LITTLE FINGER By T. C. BONNEY, D.D.S. ABERDEEN, S. D. /^^ONGENITAL skeletal anomalies are^^-^ not rare, but we have felt this caseworthy of report as it is possible to trace thecondition back for three generations. In the patient (Mr. J. H., age nineteenyears), the little finger shows no sign of amiddle joint, and it was impossible to makeout any irregularity of the bone on very firmpressure. It was therefore with some littlesurprise that we noted the rudimentary jointas shown in the accompanying radiograph. Tracing the condition back we found it tobe present in the father and in the paternalgrandmother. Of three brothers, one has the conditionpresent in the little finger, one in the littleand ring and the third in the little, ring andmiddle fingers, it being bilateral in all thepersons affected.
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TREATMENT OF ANGIOMATA WITH RADIUM* By WILLIAM S. NEWCOMET, M.D. PHILAHELPHIA, PA. MANY methods have been employed inthe treatment of angiomata, and here,as in other fields, where a great number ofremedies have been recommended, nonehas been found to be perfectly satisfactory.There is not a class of cases coming underour observation that will tax the judgmentof the operator to a greater extent. In themajority, treatment of the lesion is desiredfor the cosmetic result, and in no way doesit disturb the health or comfort of the indi-vidual. In another group the mass interfereswith the free movement of some part, as theeyelid or mouth, or it may be subjected toconstant irritation from contact with cloth-ing, and in a very small group life itself maydepend upon its prompt removal. Til? use of radium should be the idealmethod for 1hc destruction of all nevi. Thehigh radiation penetrates the tissues, causesan inflammatory reaction, and a certainnumber of cells, scattered through the tissue,a