. The Röntgen rays in medical work . Fig. 52.—Tube-Holdee foe fixing to a Wall (Schall). without interruption of the connecting wires, and the part of thecouch upon which the patient lies is made of cotton or other. Fig. 53.—X-Ray Couch (Cox). material transparent to x-rays. With a couch of this kind any partof the body can be inspected at will, and neither the patient nor 88 THE RONTGEN RA YS IN MEDICAL WORK the operator need adopt the uncomfortable attitudes which aresometimes required for the examination of a patient in. a standingor sitting posture. Fig. 53 shows an example of this kind of
. The Röntgen rays in medical work . Fig. 52.—Tube-Holdee foe fixing to a Wall (Schall). without interruption of the connecting wires, and the part of thecouch upon which the patient lies is made of cotton or other. Fig. 53.—X-Ray Couch (Cox). material transparent to x-rays. With a couch of this kind any partof the body can be inspected at will, and neither the patient nor 88 THE RONTGEN RA YS IN MEDICAL WORK the operator need adopt the uncomfortable attitudes which aresometimes required for the examination of a patient in. a standingor sitting posture. Fig. 53 shows an example of this kind of pillow may he placed beneath the patients head to make himmore comfortable. The carrier for the screen or the photographicplate can be displaced as desired, and its movements are followed bythe tube beneath the couch. This, in its box, is seen below, anda screw is provided for giving to the tube a measured amount ofdisplacement when the couch is being used for localization andstereoscopic work. The tube-carriage moves along rails, so thatthe tubes can be brought vertically beneath any desired part of thesubject, and the plate-carrier and the tube-carrier both move together,so that they always pres
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