. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . tively during each cycle. The time requiredto obtain the dose 5 H should not exceed five or six minutes. During the irradiation of the lateral regions the median region of theabdomen is protected by a strip of lead, the edges of which should extendat least the breadth of two fingers to either side of the middle line. The seances are to be given one each day. There should be an intervalof at least three weeks between each cycle. As regards injury to the skin,even at the end of the fourth cycle of irradiations there is only a slight browncoloration ; Bordie
. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . tively during each cycle. The time requiredto obtain the dose 5 H should not exceed five or six minutes. During the irradiation of the lateral regions the median region of theabdomen is protected by a strip of lead, the edges of which should extendat least the breadth of two fingers to either side of the middle line. The seances are to be given one each day. There should be an intervalof at least three weeks between each cycle. As regards injury to the skin,even at the end of the fourth cycle of irradiations there is only a slight browncoloration ; Bordier has in no case seen the slightest sign of radio-dermatitis. Freiburg1 Technique for Uterine Fibroids.—Gauss and Lembckeof Freiburg employ a different technique ; a summary of this is quotedbelow. The methods employed consist briefly of a series of exposures givenat one sitting, which lasts from two to three hours. These, are repeated atintervals of three weeks. Three or four seances are sufficient to end in a UTERINE FIBROMATA 473. complete cure (it is claimed) in a large percentage of cases treated. Thechief points are : (1) The treatment of the abdominal wall. Great care must be exercisedso as not to damage the skin. (2) Many points of entrance are considered necessary. These arearranged so that a maximum effect is obtained on the deeper structureswhile the skin is not damaged. The points taken are the umbilicus and the brim of the pelvis. A linedrawn across the abdomen at the level of the umbilicus forms the upperlimit of irradiation. The mid-areas are treated with the tube atright angles to the body, the lateral areas withthe patient turned on the side, and the tubepointed obliquely inwards. Six areas are marked out on the back andthe patient placed on the abdomen, the tubeoperating from above. The skin is protected by means of T-shapedpieces of lead 2 mm. thick. These should becovered with lint to prevent secondary radiationeffects upon the skin. Several layers of satr
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