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:
1902
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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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    CHAPTER III Methods for making X-Ray Examinations with the Fluorescent Screen and X-Ray Photograph page Support of patient ............ 59 Relative position of patient, tube, and screen or plate ...... 62 Method of securing a constant position for the target ...... 65 Examination of patient lying, sitting, or standing ...... 66 General rules for examination with fluorescent screen ...... 74 Methods for recording appearances seen on fluorescent screen .... 77 Methods of localization ........... 81 Method of examination by X-ray photograph ........ 86 Examination with screen before photograph is taken ...... 88 Position of plate in photographing different parts of the body .... 88 X-ray negatives compared with X-ray photographs ...... 96 Length of exposure ............ 96 Importances of two views ...98 Comparative advantages of screen and photograph..99 CHAPTER IV Introduction to Thorax General view . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Normal lungs ............. 100 Experiments with abnormal lungs . . . . . . . . .103 Clavicles and ribs .. . 103 Standards of measurement. Densitometer . ..*103 Diaphragm lines ............. 106 Average normal excursion of diaphragm ........ 106 Heart ............... 108 Blood-vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Relative usefulness of fluorescent screen and X-ray photograph in examinations of the thorax............. 108 CHAPTER V Pulmonary Tuberculosis Appearances seen on the fluorescent screen: Darkened lung . . . ..hi Restricted excursion of diaphragm . . . . . . . .111 Displaced heart . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Illustrative cases . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Appearances seen in early tuberculosis . . . . . . . .115