. American X-ray journal . sil-ver quarter, as also is that of the two 4- Having settled the preliminary points,all that remained was to inject some bod-ies with the mixture and then determinewhether or not it was a success; first byfluoroscopic observation : second, byskiagraphy. The technique of the injec-tion process is not difficult but disagree-able. I selected four bodies for the pur- TIfE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 479 pose, and from three of them illustra-tions accompany this article. Each bodywas first immersed completely in a bathof water heated to a temperature of 45C. and the water wa
. American X-ray journal . sil-ver quarter, as also is that of the two 4- Having settled the preliminary points,all that remained was to inject some bod-ies with the mixture and then determinewhether or not it was a success; first byfluoroscopic observation : second, byskiagraphy. The technique of the injec-tion process is not difficult but disagree-able. I selected four bodies for the pur- TIfE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 479 pose, and from three of them illustra-tions accompany this article. Each bodywas first immersed completely in a bathof water heated to a temperature of 45C. and the water was then kept atthat temperature for two hours. Duringthe latter part of this time the mixturefor injection was heated to a point some- As an artificially heated body coolsvery rapidly (extremely rapidly as com-pared with postmortem cooling) thisis an important point in any injec-tion with material which is used hot,so also, to save time, it is well toexpose the artery before immersing thebody. The injection was made with a. FIG. what under the boiling point of upon the removal of thebody the injection was made, the vesselselected for the purpose being the femo-ral for the reason that I judged, it beingin a fairly central part of the body, thedistribution of the liquid would be morerapid throughout the arterial system. metal syringe holding about thirtyounces, through specially made nozzlesprovided with stop cocks. The arterieswere injected as fully as possible, save inone case shown where the injection wascut off from certain parts in order to ex-hibit the difference in appearance. Thebody was not moved after the injection 480 THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. was made until it was quite cold ; andthen extreme care was taken to avoidflexion of any part which would, natu-rally, have broken the continuity of thehardened mass of coloring matter. The accompanying illustrations wereall made from three bodies, as alreadystated ; the first was the body of a maleaged 35, sli
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