Radiography and radio-therapeutics (1919) (14571156759)

Identifier: radiographyradio001knox (find matches)
Title: Radiography and radio-therapeutics
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928
Subjects: Radiography Radiography Radiotherapy
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School



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PLATE XX.—Normal Shoulder-joint. a, Xormal shoulder-joint, plate on posterior aspect of joint. b, Xormal shoulder-joint, plate on anterior aspect. c, Xormal shoulder-joint, arm abducted.
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PLATE XXI.—Normal Elbow and Fractures in Region op Elbow-joint. a, Normal elbow-joint, antero-posterior position. b, Injury to epiphysis of olecranon. c, Normal elbow-joint, lateral position. d, Fracture through olecranon process. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BONES The importance of this section is great, as it is necessary to know thedetails of ossification and union of these bones. The following descriptionsand drawings are based on those from well-known works on anatomy.The dates given are those which have long been recognised as the correctones, but it is quite probable in the near future that many of those quotedmay have to be revised as a result of systematic investigation on boneossification by means of X-ray examinations. It is possible by this meansto ascertain accurately the normal dates of union, but until the work ofX-ray examination has been completely carried out it will be necessary toutilise the work of the anatomist. The chief times of union need only be considered in tho