The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students (1903) (14735316386)

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Title: The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936
Subjects: Radiotherapy Radiography Radiography, Thoracic
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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Fig. 321. Osteitis of tibia and fibula. Fracture of fibula. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE JOINTS 561 fatty tissues, muscles, tendons, and in some cases normal arteries, withsurprising clearness. I regret that the beautiful detail shown bythem cannot always be reproduced by any method that it is practicable
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Fig. 322. Z. Osteomyelitis, with necrosis of lower jaw. Patient of Dr. E. H. Nichols, out-patientdepartment, Boston City Hospital. 562 THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY to use in a book; but the half-tones given here indicate in part whatthe negatives show. Spina Ventosa. — Feilchenfeld ^ reports on a typical case of spina-ventosa of the right forefinger in a boy eight years of age. The X-rayphotograph showed the swelling of the soft parts, a very slight thicken-ing of the bone, and two quite small carious foci at the base of the pha-lanx. The writer notes the importance of this case because it showsthe possibility of early diagnosis at a time when a small diseased placein the bone could not otherwise be located. Regeneration of the Bones after Operation. — The following cases areillustrative: — Oilier^ describes the case of a girl fifteen years old who had sufferedfrom suppurative osteomyelitis of the tibia, with invasion of the articula-tions of the astragalus and pers