Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics - with chapters on radium and phototherapy (1910) (14571598400)

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Title: Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics : with chapters on radium and phototherapy
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Kassabian, Mihran Krikor, 1870-1910
Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Phototherapy Radiology Radiotherapy
Publisher: Philadelphia & London : J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School



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Fig. 242.—Cabinet for the treatment of diseases by the emxjloyment of incandescent lights. (Kny-Scheerer Co.)
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Fig. 243.—The Finsen method of treatment. PHOTOTHERAPY. 515 Forty to sixty lamps, of 16 candle-power each, line the inner walls, andare so arranged that they can be put in, or witlidrawn from within orwithout, by means of several switches in series, along vertical, horizontal,or spiral lines. The lamps are protected by a lattice work, A thermom-eter for measuring^ the inside temperature is fixed on the wall. A win-dow is sometimes made in the wall of the chamber, through which thepulse and the course of the perspiration may be observed. The patient is divested of his clothing and placed on a stool in thecabinet. All external light is excluded by a towel placed around theneck opening. An ice-cap is applied to the head. Begin the bath at atemperature of 110° F., and, if the patient reacts, gradually raise it to155° or 165° F. The bath should be of a half-hours duration. Increasethe temperature by increasing the number of lamps, and also thestrength of the current. Observe the pulse