Volume 1

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 / by Francis H. Williams.

  • Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936.
Date:
1901
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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 / by Francis H. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Definition of early tuberculosis . . . . . . r . . u 7 Directions for making X-ray examinations . . . . . . . .117 Comparative value of fluorescent screen and X-ray photograph . . . .120 Usual means of diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . .120 Early physical signs at apex . . . . . . . . . .121 Tuberculin test . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Test for tubercle bacilli . . . . . . . . . . .121 X-ray examination an aid in early diagnosis . . . . . . .122 Diagnosis not made by X-rays alone . . . . . . . . .122 Final test tubercle bacilli . . . . . . . . . . -123 Classes of cases in which X-rays are of value . . . . . . .124 As an aid in diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . .125 Old lesions of tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . .148 More accurate determination of existing conditions . . . . .149 Determining progress and extent of disease . . . . . . 151 No signs by X-rays in two cases of tuberculosis . . . . . . .158 Prevalence and mortality of tuberculosis . . . . . . . .159 Hopeful prognosis where there is early diagnosis . . . . . . .160 Importance of X-ray examination in young people under certain conditions . .162 Use of all three methods, auscultation, percussion, and X-ray examination . -163 CHAPTER VI Pneumonia Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . • .164 Appearances seen in pneumonia on the fluorescent screen : Darkened lung . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Diaphragm lines . . . . . . • . . . . .167 Displacement and enlargement of heart . . . . . . .167 Usual region affected . . . . . . . . . . .167 Method of examination . . . . . . . . . . .168 Comparative value of fluorescent screen and X-ray photograph . . . .169 Outline of pneumonia sharply defined . . . . . . . • 173 Persistence of X-ray signs . . . . . • • • • • 174 Excursion of diaphragm limited by adhesions . . . . • • .180 Pneumonia with obscure physical signs . . . • • • • -183 Differential diagnosis: Pleurisy with effusion or pneumonia . . . . . . • .186 Pneumonia or tuberculosis . . . • • • • • • .191 Pneumonia with “la grippe” .......... 191 Severe cold . . . . . . . . • • • • • .192 Empyema overlooked . . . . • • • • • • • .192 Appendicitis confounded with pneumonia . . . . . . . .192 Absence of pneumonia determined . • ...192 Broncho-pneumonia . . . . . • • • • • • .192