The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14571128337)

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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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lOi. 7. How^ELL. Am. J. Physiol, 191,3; xxxii, 264. 8. Wohlgemuth. Grundriss der Fermcntmethoden, Berlin, 1913. AN X-RAY BURN OF THIRD DEGREE FOLLOWEDBY RAPID HEALING* By EDWARD S. BLAINE, M.D. Roentgenologist to Cook County Hospital; Instructor in RoentgenologyNorthwestern Medical School • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AN UNUSUAL case of rapid healing ofan extensive .f-ray burn seems of suf-ficient interest to .t-ray therapeutists to war-rant its formal presentation in detail. Lestthe surprising occurrences hereinafter de-scribed be doubted by those whose .r-ray ex-periences have brought them into contactwith similar reactions of unwished for de- this superficial skin destruction will be fol-lowed by healing which takes several weeks(sometimes months) and disappears, leavinglittle or no scarring. In some cases such reac-tions become a serious consideration to thetherapist if the healing process be unusuallyslow. Through accident, an overdose may beso severe as to result in a third degree reac-
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FlG. I. gree with less favorable results, photographicevidence is offered as part of the record. Experience in jr-ray therapy in skin dis-eases teaches that the first degree reaction isoften necessarv to bring about a cure inmany conditions; it is usually a transitorycondition, a reddening or blushing, whichsoon fades, the skin returning to normal. Oc-casionally a second degree reaction occurs,in cases in which a first degree change wasdesired. This often follows an overdosethrough misjudging the patients resistanceto JT-ray action. Depending on the size ofarea involved and the individuals resistance, ♦Read by title at the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of The American Roentgen Ray Society, Minneapolis, Minn 183 Fig. 2. tion or burn. This third degree reaction is afar more serious event than the precedingand most often results in a train of develop-ments which gives the ;r-ray therapist im-measurable worry and often mental anguish,as there is so little that one can do for therelief of