American Electro-therapeutic and X-ray Era, Volume 4X-ray Era Publishing Company, 1904 |
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... weeks , was reduced to as many days . The secondary der- matitis cleared up several large ugly patches of skin disease left them from the primary attack . ' Tis true that the X - light may , in a measure , prove to be a remedy for its ...
... weeks , was reduced to as many days . The secondary der- matitis cleared up several large ugly patches of skin disease left them from the primary attack . ' Tis true that the X - light may , in a measure , prove to be a remedy for its ...
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... week or more for its appearance , the former will be severely , the latter slightly , affected . Even the different fingers of the same hand may have a different period of incubation and degree of action , accord- ing to their relative ...
... week or more for its appearance , the former will be severely , the latter slightly , affected . Even the different fingers of the same hand may have a different period of incubation and degree of action , accord- ing to their relative ...
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... week for eight months . There was marked relief from pain . The doctor did not claim that the case would progress to a cure , but felt that the relief offered , justified the treatment.— Brooklyn Journal . THE ACTION OF RADIUM ON ...
... week for eight months . There was marked relief from pain . The doctor did not claim that the case would progress to a cure , but felt that the relief offered , justified the treatment.— Brooklyn Journal . THE ACTION OF RADIUM ON ...
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... weeks ' or months ' treatment with the X - Ray , without feeling that we have a new and powerful addition to our hitherto scanty means of attacking this disease . The knowledge of this new agent is so slight that there is added hope in ...
... weeks ' or months ' treatment with the X - Ray , without feeling that we have a new and powerful addition to our hitherto scanty means of attacking this disease . The knowledge of this new agent is so slight that there is added hope in ...
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... week was resumed on her return from England , with an immediate marked relief of the pain . The relief lasted about 30 hours from the time of the treat- ment , but after some weeks her general condition became so poor that further ...
... week was resumed on her return from England , with an immediate marked relief of the pain . The relief lasted about 30 hours from the time of the treat- ment , but after some weeks her general condition became so poor that further ...
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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.