. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . osures, the objectof the filter being to protect the skin as much as possible, and to exercisean action on the deeper structures by penetrating to the deeper layers ofthe skin and the deep tissues. The results of prophylactic treatment by X-rays are encouraging. Theeffect is marked from the first. The patient has less pain, the movements ofthe parts are facilitated, and the scars are more pliable at an earlier date thanwhen no treatment is carried out. The general tonic action of X-rays uponthe metabolic processes is noticed, patients feel
. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . osures, the objectof the filter being to protect the skin as much as possible, and to exercisean action on the deeper structures by penetrating to the deeper layers ofthe skin and the deep tissues. The results of prophylactic treatment by X-rays are encouraging. Theeffect is marked from the first. The patient has less pain, the movements ofthe parts are facilitated, and the scars are more pliable at an earlier date thanwhen no treatment is carried out. The general tonic action of X-rays uponthe metabolic processes is noticed, patients feel well and the general health isimproved by the treatment. That recurrence may be prevented is fairlywell established, especially in view of what we know to occur when earlyrecurrences are treated. These undoubtedly disappear after treatment,and it is logical to assume that remnants of cancer left in the wound maydisappear in the reparative changes set up in the surrounding tissues byX-ray treatment when the treatment has been efficiently carried
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