. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . me the thought of Ront-gotherapy suggested itself. Without entertaining au-dacious hopes irradiation ofthe defect left after the lastextirpation was begun. Thetime of exposure was at firstten, then twenty and thirty,with moderate light, and atlast once even forty-five min-utes. While the exposurelasted forty-five minutes thepatient felt an itching sensa-tion over the whole leg, whichlasted for several hours afterthe seance. Up to the time of presentation irradiation had been done seven times. After sixweeks there was not only no trace of relapse, but a num
. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . me the thought of Ront-gotherapy suggested itself. Without entertaining au-dacious hopes irradiation ofthe defect left after the lastextirpation was begun. Thetime of exposure was at firstten, then twenty and thirty,with moderate light, and atlast once even forty-five min-utes. While the exposurelasted forty-five minutes thepatient felt an itching sensa-tion over the whole leg, whichlasted for several hours afterthe seance. Up to the time of presentation irradiation had been done seven times. After sixweeks there was not only no trace of relapse, but a number of themetastatic nodules of the calf, especially those near the area ofirradiation disappeared, while others have shrunk (Fig. 292). The inguinal tumour became larger during the time of thistreatment. Three weeks after the demonstration the defect at theouter aspect of the malleolus had cicatrized perfectly. Afterthree months no recurrence had been observed. The inguinaltumour was removed on the day after the demonstration as in-. flg. 294.—osteosarcoma illustratedby Fig. 293, one teak later. 412 THE ROKTGEN RAYS tended, and now the inguinal area was also irradiated every sec-ond day for ten minutes. Two weeks after the removal a derma-
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