. Radiography, x-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Fig. 71.—Screening stand arranged for workbeneath the table. (Siemens.) IlG. 72.—Screening stand arranged for examina-tions in the upright position. (Siemens.) the stand. This frame is fitted with, counterweights, so as to move freelyup and down, and on the front of it are two rods projecting forward, andsliding on these rods is a metal carrier and carriage for holding the fluorescentscreen or plate-holder, which can be angled to follow the contour of any partit is desired to examine or radiograph. The whole of the control of Ihis ap-parat
. Radiography, x-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Fig. 71.—Screening stand arranged for workbeneath the table. (Siemens.) IlG. 72.—Screening stand arranged for examina-tions in the upright position. (Siemens.) the stand. This frame is fitted with, counterweights, so as to move freelyup and down, and on the front of it are two rods projecting forward, andsliding on these rods is a metal carrier and carriage for holding the fluorescentscreen or plate-holder, which can be angled to follow the contour of any partit is desired to examine or radiograph. The whole of the control of Ihis ap-paratus can be manipulated from the front, so that It is entirely unnecessaryfor the operator to put his hands near the tube-box. As will be seen,the fluorescent screen can be moved freely across the patient by means ofits own protective handles ; the aperture of the diaphragm is controlled bymeans of the two flexible cables and handles seen on the right in Fig. 71 ;the handle on the left-hand side causes the tube-box to travel from side toside at the
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