. American X-ray journal . o the head of the femur was toogreat to enable the reduction to be accom-plished at one operation; on a girl of ten,partly for the same reason and partly onaccount of her age; on a girl of eleven, be-cause the dislocation appeared to be oftubercular origin. In the latter case herecommended slow extension with fixationby a plaster cast for two weeks, to be fol-lowed by further extension and fixation. I have also applied the rays recently ina number of cases of diseased bones and conscious when movement of bowels orbladder is about to occur. 2. Osteomyelitis of the dor
. American X-ray journal . o the head of the femur was toogreat to enable the reduction to be accom-plished at one operation; on a girl of ten,partly for the same reason and partly onaccount of her age; on a girl of eleven, be-cause the dislocation appeared to be oftubercular origin. In the latter case herecommended slow extension with fixationby a plaster cast for two weeks, to be fol-lowed by further extension and fixation. I have also applied the rays recently ina number of cases of diseased bones and conscious when movement of bowels orbladder is about to occur. 2. Osteomyelitis of the dorsal vertebrae,of tubercular origin. Several small ab-scesses were aspirated, but only staphylo-cocci were found in the cultures. The pa-tient had no control over his legs. He re-ceived twenty-one x-ray treatments of tenminutes each on alteiitate days. He couldsoon move his limbs.* Sensation returnedcompletely, and his condition improved solniMii that he left tjtae -hospital and wentto the country. One day while out hunting. THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 1199 he accidently shot his left foot, tearingthe extensor longus digitorum so that ithad to be removed, and tearing open theankle joint. He returned to the hospitalthe second day after this accident. I re-paired the wounds as well as possible, butlater found that infection of the joint hadtaken place. He was given x-ray treat-ments on alternative days, for ten minuteseach and the wound was covered with adressing of formalin, one to four thou-sand. In three weeks he had received eightx-ray treatments. The pus had all dis-appeared and the joint was perfectly healedwith the exception of two small granulat-ing points on the surface. The motion ofthe ankle joint was perfect. 3. Three spinal sinuses; two openingfrom the hip, and one behind near the sa-crum. The leg was contracted on the were given daily, ten minutes onthe hip and ten minutes on the twenty-eight treatments the sinusesare much smaller and the pati
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