. Radium . 4, was admitted to the hospital, June 2,1914, with a severe cough and great difficulty in respiration. nxami)iation.—Ths patient was well nourished and well developed,with good color. .She was suffering with a severe cough and a tendenc)%on the slightest movement, to great shortness of breath and severedyspnea. The condition was rapidly growing worse. A roentgenogramof the chest disclosed a definite mass behind the manubrium. Treatment.—On the morning of June 2, 1914, 1911 mg. of radium,screened with 3 mm. of lead and i^j inches of gsiuze were applied overthe sternum for one and one
. Radium . 4, was admitted to the hospital, June 2,1914, with a severe cough and great difficulty in respiration. nxami)iation.—Ths patient was well nourished and well developed,with good color. .She was suffering with a severe cough and a tendenc)%on the slightest movement, to great shortness of breath and severedyspnea. The condition was rapidly growing worse. A roentgenogramof the chest disclosed a definite mass behind the manubrium. Treatment.—On the morning of June 2, 1914, 1911 mg. of radium,screened with 3 mm. of lead and i^j inches of gsiuze were applied overthe sternum for one and one-quarter hours. There was no nausea orgeneral discomfort following this treatment, and the next morning thepatient was breathing comfortably. Within four or five days after thetreatment, the child had apparently returned to normal health. At thetime we believed that we were probably dealing with a simple hypertrophyof the thymus gland. The patient remained comfortable and in good health until the Radium. Fig. 7 (Case 3).—Tumor, April, 1917, practically cleared up underradium therapy. latter part of July, when she apparently took cold. Then the coughand difficulty in breathing returned, but in a milder form. July 30, thepatient received a second treatment, identical with that given June there was a subsidence of symptoms, but the parents were in-structed to bring the child in for further treatment. August 12, treat-ment with 1,911 mg. of radium, filtered by 3 mm. of lead and inchesof gauze, was given for three and three-quarter hours on the upperchest, particularly over the front and from behind. August iS, thepatient was again treated with 1,911 mg. of radium, filtered by 3 lead and 2;^ inches of gauze, for four hours. Roentgenograms andother examinations at this time rexealed no e\ idence whatever of disease. The patient had no further respiratory trouble, but early inJanuary she began to suffer with nausea and vomiting, and a largeabdominal mass ai)i)
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