American Electro-therapeutic and X-ray Era, Volume 4X-ray Era Publishing Company, 1904 |
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Page 5
... improved little despite constant treatment . " To return to my own case , large red blotches and some pus- tules appeared upon my face and neck , with a burning sensa- tion followed in time by desquamation and restitution . The parts ...
... improved little despite constant treatment . " To return to my own case , large red blotches and some pus- tules appeared upon my face and neck , with a burning sensa- tion followed in time by desquamation and restitution . The parts ...
Page 6
... improvement slowly but surely continued in the newly formed skin , the atrophic changes remained the same , but the hypertrophic changes had diminished . The skin was tolerant of all forms of actinic rays . The vaseline and starch ...
... improvement slowly but surely continued in the newly formed skin , the atrophic changes remained the same , but the hypertrophic changes had diminished . The skin was tolerant of all forms of actinic rays . The vaseline and starch ...
Page 11
... improvement . Drs . Kassabian and Waite have been similarly affected . Ophthalmoscopic examination of my eyes , made during an X - ray inflammatory attack , revealed a deficiency of pigment in the choroid . The pupils of my eyes were ...
... improvement . Drs . Kassabian and Waite have been similarly affected . Ophthalmoscopic examination of my eyes , made during an X - ray inflammatory attack , revealed a deficiency of pigment in the choroid . The pupils of my eyes were ...
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... improvement . I should not advise the X - Rays in any operable growths . It is far better to remove the tumor and then give X - Ray exposures for a period afterward , as a phophylactic against recurrence . The value of this after ...
... improvement . I should not advise the X - Rays in any operable growths . It is far better to remove the tumor and then give X - Ray exposures for a period afterward , as a phophylactic against recurrence . The value of this after ...
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... improvement in this case , as in many , seems to have continued some time after the treatment was stopped . The fact ... improved considerably . Treatment three times a week was resumed on her return from England , with an immediate ...
... improvement in this case , as in many , seems to have continued some time after the treatment was stopped . The fact ... improved considerably . Treatment three times a week was resumed on her return from England , with an immediate ...
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Page 17 - Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Page 300 - The *-ray may be of service even in inoperable malignant growths, by relieving pain, diminishing discharges, and lessening their offensiveness, and in many cases life may be prolonged in comparative comfort for a considerable period of time. Furthermore, from these apparently hopeless cases a number, of remarkable improvements and a few recoveries have been reported. Seventh: The л-гау should be used as a prophylactic against return after all operations for the removal of deep malignant growths.
Page 360 - When the patient came under my care, physical examination showed a tumor, the size of a cocoanut, in the lower part of the abdomen, filling up 'the entire iliac fossa, extending nearly to the umbilicus, and two inches beyond the median line to the left. The tumor was very firmly fixed and seemed to involve the abdominal wall. An incision was made under cocaine and a portion of the growth, which infiltrated all the muscles of the abdominal wall, was removed for microscopical examination, which showed...
Page 69 - We find abundant evidence that the X-rays have an inhibitory action on all forms of malignant tumors, yet the number of cases is insufficient to enable us to state what particular varieties are most susceptible to this influence. So far it would seem that sarcomas, primarily in the lymph glands, yield most readily to the treatment.
Page 459 - Chessy deposits, that is, in a quartzose rock scattered in nuggets varying from the size of a pea to that of a walnut. All the ores carry, besides iron and silica, a small percentage of manganese and alumina, together with an amount of zinc varying from two to eight per cent.