Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics - with chapters on radium and phototherapy (1910) (14757959372)

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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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of the uterus,I introduce a speculum and protect the thighs and lower abdomen with asheet of lead, exposing only the vulva. I employ a medium tube, at ^ New York Medical Journal, December 6, 1902.^ The Laryngoscope, December, 1902.^ Brooklyn Medical Journal, April, 1904. * Proceedings of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, October 31,1904. * International Journal of Suigery, October, 1903. THEEAPEUTIC VALUE IN DISEASE. 471 a distance of eight to ten inches (20 to 25 cm.), thrice weekly, exposureten minutes duration. The Crookes tube with the speculum attached,encased in a shield (Fig. 229), is far superior to cavity tubes (Figs. 230,231), as the latter lack the effective quality of the Crookes tube. X-rayworkers, however, employ these tubes. If vaginal dermatitis is threat-ened, the rays may be passed on alternate days through the lower abdomen.Dr. James P. Marsh,^ of Troy, i^. Y., cited a case of a woman, aged55, referred to him for hysterectomy because of an extensive carcinoma
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Fig. 229.—Ttjbes and Rubber Tube Shields poe Thekapy op the Body Cavities.—A, theTubber tube shield, encasing tbe tube and tied to it; B, showing the size of the opening governed bythe diaphragm ; C, showing speculum attached. (R. V. Wagner Co.) of the cervix. He applied the rays alternately over the suprapubicregion and the vagina, using a very soft tube. The treatment was givenfor ten minutes. After twenty or thirty treatments there was a markedimprovement in her condition. All of the symptoms had disappeared ;she was feeling well and gaining in weight. Therapeutic Action of the X-rays in Cancer.—Dr. John G. Clark,^ at ameeting of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania, said: During the ^ Journal American Med. Association, Jan. 17, 1903.2 The Pennsylvania Medical Journal, April, 1904. 472 ELECTEO-THEEAPEUTICS. last year Dr. Matthew D. Mann, in a personal recital of his own experi-ence, first directed my attention to the possibilities of Eontgen-ray