. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . by a contraction of the head to theright and a clinching of the right September, 1920, a sore appendix-was remo\ed. This did not seem to in-fluence the attacks. There was a suspicionof attacks during sleep, but this was notconfirmed. Menstruation was ushered inin 1921, but it had no relationship tothe convulsions. For the last four monthsattacks have been much less severe andfrequent. Luminal was taken for sometime with no apparent effect. The appetiteis normal, and the patient sleeps was neg
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . by a contraction of the head to theright and a clinching of the right September, 1920, a sore appendix-was remo\ed. This did not seem to in-fluence the attacks. There was a suspicionof attacks during sleep, but this was notconfirmed. Menstruation was ushered inin 1921, but it had no relationship tothe convulsions. For the last four monthsattacks have been much less severe andfrequent. Luminal was taken for sometime with no apparent effect. The appetiteis normal, and the patient sleeps was negative. Health is appar- ently good, but the hemoglobin is only60. Early in March the eyes becameinflamed, especially the left, and visionwas dull. The ophthalmologist reports^anacute uveitis with spots on the cornea,etc. Mercury and potassium iodide were. used followed by a decided impro\ementin vision with a subsidence in inflammationin two months. A-Ray examination shows a definiteshadow of increased density in the leftside of the skull. This is more or lesstriangular in outline and was reported as acalcification of the wall of the left ventricle. The patient was referred to Dr. WalterE. Dandy, of Baltimore, Md., who con-firmed the .v-ray opinion and thought itwas the probable cause of the was refused on account of itsrelationship to the speech centers. 907 ERRORS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FOREIGN BODIES IN THE AIR PASSAGES BY PORTER P. VINSON, of Medicine, Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA EOENTGENOLOGIC examination isone of the most valuable procedures inthe diagnosis of foreign bodies in the airpassages, and particularly when the foreignbody is of such consistency that it isopaque to the ray. In this group of cases,howe\er, errors may arise in the interpreta-tion of shadows. Three cases, illustrativeof thi
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