. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . n dam-aging effects. Several capsule holders havealready been designed, but each one will fitonly the caj^sule for which it has been therefore searched in instrument stores andelsewhere, but linally went to the hardwarestore where I found a chuck which is 103/2cm. in length and which can be adjusted totake any of the capsules varying from 4 millimeters. The cost of this chuck is85 cents, plus the labor of drilling the softjaws. It is necessary to drill out the chuck inits central portion so that when it


. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . n dam-aging effects. Several capsule holders havealready been designed, but each one will fitonly the caj^sule for which it has been therefore searched in instrument stores andelsewhere, but linally went to the hardwarestore where I found a chuck which is 103/2cm. in length and which can be adjusted totake any of the capsules varying from 4 millimeters. The cost of this chuck is85 cents, plus the labor of drilling the softjaws. It is necessary to drill out the chuck inits central portion so that when it is wideopen it will just grasp the largest sized cap-sule. This chuck is superior in my experienceto the instruments made costing $12 to $ can be lengthened as much as desired bysetting the handle into a wooden handle(Fig. i). The remainder of the metal, if de-sired, may be covered with rubber. Havingjust spent twenty-five dollars for a pair ofinstruments that will not even grasp one sizeof capsule satisfactorily, I naturallv en-thuse over the above little FiG. I. 1katt Co. Second Size Drill take any size capsule. Wood handle can beattached as shown in this figure. Fig. 2. Starett Pin Vise one of theRadium C.\psules. Fig. 3. The Same Pin Vice with Cap Removed,showing the jaws which have been drilled out suf-ficiently to take varying sized capsules. TWO UNUSUAL CHEST CASES* Bv JOHN G. WILLIAMS, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /^ASE I. History.—First seen by Dr.^^ A. A. Rutz, April ii, 1917. Female,age forty-eight. Married, and prior to hermarriage a public school teacher. Past History.—Fifteen years ago she hadmalaria, and ten years ago typhoid had never had diphtheria. There havenever been any paralyses. Her menstrual his-tory is negative, except that recently theperiods have been prolonged. She has always been of nervous tempera-ment and suffered from gastro-intestinal dis-turbances. She was irritable and subject toemoti


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