The application of the Röntgen rays in the medical and surgical departments of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow / by John Macintyre, M.B., C.M., F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S.

  • Macintyre, John.
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[1898]
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Credit: The application of the Röntgen rays in the medical and surgical departments of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow / by John Macintyre, M.B., C.M., F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    front of each other at a distance of one foot apart, and found that the last one was sufficiently illumined to show the bones of the hand quite distinctly. Experiments were tried to stop more of the rays by increasing the thickness of the layer of crystals on the screen, but still the majority seemed to be passing straight through, and naturally there must be a limit to these experiments, because after certain thickness the image becomes very indistinct. For sharp definition I have never seen anything equal to the hydrated potassimn-platino-cyanide screen. Screens may also be utilized in different cavities of the body. For example, I have designed a screen for the examination of the hard and soft tissues in the region of the bones of the face, and also those in the region of the neck and larynx. Figures 11 and 12 will explain these. Briefly stated, they may be described as follows :—The fluorescent screen is placed inside the mouth and the lamp outside. Small discs of glass are coated with the salt and covered with aluminium ; or, again, tongue depressors consisting