American Electro-therapeutic and X-ray Era, Volume 4X-ray Era Publishing Company, 1904 |
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... ment for severe forms of carcinoma , and were of the nervous temperament . Both cases terminated fatally . Can the X - rays , like the solar rays , cause structural changes in the cerebrum , leading to derangement of the mental fac ...
... ment for severe forms of carcinoma , and were of the nervous temperament . Both cases terminated fatally . Can the X - rays , like the solar rays , cause structural changes in the cerebrum , leading to derangement of the mental fac ...
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... ment and a toxemia results . It is also pointed out that the reports of cases have shown the complete disappearance of a surface carcinoma after a course of treatments , but the growths returned much more rapidly in the neighboring ...
... ment and a toxemia results . It is also pointed out that the reports of cases have shown the complete disappearance of a surface carcinoma after a course of treatments , but the growths returned much more rapidly in the neighboring ...
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... ment of kidney lesions should not be undertaken until the kidney has been rayed . DISCUSSION . Dr. James B. Bullitt , Louisville , Ky . , said that there are two classes of men who refuse to use this valuable method of diagnosis of ...
... ment of kidney lesions should not be undertaken until the kidney has been rayed . DISCUSSION . Dr. James B. Bullitt , Louisville , Ky . , said that there are two classes of men who refuse to use this valuable method of diagnosis of ...
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... ment had been quite bald . After some time there was a most profuse growth of hair over her forehead and partly backward from it . Dr. Pancoast cited a similar instance in which a man de- veloped a heavy beard after X - ray treatments ...
... ment had been quite bald . After some time there was a most profuse growth of hair over her forehead and partly backward from it . Dr. Pancoast cited a similar instance in which a man de- veloped a heavy beard after X - ray treatments ...
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... ment ever introduced . In my regular work I have adopted the following rules : For exposure through the chest and pelvis I use the formula given above ; for injuries and dis- eases of the bones or any subject where detail of the bones ...
... ment ever introduced . In my regular work I have adopted the following rules : For exposure through the chest and pelvis I use the formula given above ; for injuries and dis- eases of the bones or any subject where detail of the bones ...
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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.