The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent : designated for the use of practitioners and students / by Francis H. Williams.

  • Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936.
Date:
1903
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Credit: The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent : designated for the use of practitioners and students / by Francis H. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Method of examination ^5 Method for withdrawing air -237 Improvement watched by fluorescent screen 239 Empyema with permanent opening • .241 Appearances seen on fluorescent screen in pneumohydro- or pneumopyothorax : Sitting position. Chest resembles tumbler half full of ink. Heart displaced to opposite side. Lung on affected side retracted 241 Recumbent position. Affected side of chest dark throughout . . 244 Improvement watched by fluorescent screen 244 Immediate relief by operation 245 CHAPTER X Heart Section I. No?'mal and Abnormal Heart Conditions necessary for seeing the heart 247 Appearances seen on the fluorescent screen in the normal heart, with patient lying on his back 247 Pulsations 249 Apex beat .252 Experiments made by Ludwig and Hesse on the form of the heart in systole and diastole 253 Position of blood vessels and borders of heart studied at autopsies . . .257 Appearances on screen with patient lying on his side and light going through him horizontally. Triangle. Wedge-shaped space 258 Width of normal heart . . . . ' . . . . . . . 260 Location of right and left borders of heart by distance from median line . . 260 Width of heart in relation to height of individual ....... 261 Appearances seen on the fluorescent screen in abnormal heart .... 262 Instrument for observing heart while listening to its sounds 262 Section II. Methods of Examination Intensity of light ............. 263 Position of patient ............ 263 Recumbent and sitting position .... ...... 263 Errors to be avoided in determining width of heart 263 Proper position of tube and manner of recording outlines 263 Comparative value of photograph and screen in examination of heart . . . 270 Section III. The Importance of knowing the Size of the Heart. Inaccuracy of Percussion in determining its Size as shown by X-Ray Examination Prognosis and diagnosis ' 270 Comparison of percussion and X-ray examination 272