Canine and feline surgery / [Sir Frederick Thomas George Hobday].

  • Hobday, Frederick T. G. (Frederick Thomas George), Sir, 1870-1939.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Canine and feline surgery / [Sir Frederick Thomas George Hobday]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VALUE OF THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN DIAGNOSIS. The Application of the Roentgen Rays.— In cases where diagnosis of fracture or location of suspected foreign body is difficult, the Roentgen Rays can be utilised in canine and feline practice with almost as great a success as in human surgery.1 The main difficulties in the way are the expense and the securing of the patient in order to ensure steadiness. The former is comparatively small when the use of the “X” Ray apparatus can be obtained on the spot, and in most large towns the human hospitals have a complete outfit, or there are private firms who will make the radiogram for a fee. The latter is easily got over by the aid of the operating table (Fig. 7) or hobbles (Fig. 9), or, in very troublesome patients, by the administration of a general anaesthetic. Many parts of the body, such as the bones of the limbs or tail, can be skiagraphed in quiet patients without the appli- cation of any restraint, the owner merely holding the patient in position, as the time taken over the process is merely a matter of seconds. Frequently, instead of taking a skia- graph, a fluorescent screen may be used, and the damage ascertained in that way in a few moments. A description of the apparatus is scarcely necessary here, 1 “Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics,” Vol. IX., p. 58; “ V eterin- arian,” September 1800.