American quarterly of roentgenology (1906) (14777184883)

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Title: American quarterly of roentgenology
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Nuclear Medicine Radiography Radiology Radiology
Publisher: Pittsburgh : American Roentgen Ray Society
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and the National Endowment for the Humanities



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oduced by the Roentgenianaction upon the cellular elements of the ulceration. But such an interpretation is not in this case admis-sible, because in our case there was no fever, and be-cause the extension of the cutaneous lesion was so ex-tremely limited as to render it improbable that it couldproduce the quantity of toxin necessary to occasion suchserious phenomena. Then, in our case, no other explanation remains ex-cept the following, namely: That the X rays, thoughacting locally upon the ulcer, also indirectly gave a stim-ulus—through the medium of the sensitive nerve termi-nations—that extended so far as the spinal marrow andthe cerebral cortex, wmich already constituted the pointsof least resistance in a neuropathic individual. OF ROENTGENOLOGY. 73 So the action of the Roentgen rays was only an occa-sional cause producing the outbreak—by reflex action—of the nervous phenomena to which the patient wasalready predisposed by the constitutional weakness ofher nervous centres.
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LEUCODESCENT Style F Special. 500 Candle Power.Attachable Screens for Colors The indications for the use of radiant lightand heat include, as suggested, (1) the reliefof all conditions arising from exposure tothe X ray in which the processes of metabo-lism have been exhibited, as when there issterility, lowered vitality of tissues, or whenthe secretions or other functions have b«-ensuspended. (2) These forms of radiant ener-gy are valuable in conditions of poor metabohsm in which the secretions of the skin,from any cause, have bee >me inactive, orwhere an active elimination by all theemunctories is indicated, as in Brightsdisease, rheumatism, or gout. (3) In arterio-sclerosis and in other conditions where theheart is working against a condition of higharterial tension, it is indicated in all septicand toxic processes, favoring in a largedegree the elimination of the products of in-fection. (4) The application of light andheat radiations by the employment of local-izing lamps, as s