. A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents : a pictorial system of teaching by clinical instruction plates with explanatory text : a series of photographic clinics in standard uses of scientific therapeutic apparatus for surgical and medical practitioners : prepared especially for the post-graduate home study of surgeons, general physicians, dentists, dermatologists and specialists in the treatment of chronic diseases, and sanitarium practice . p, removable in sections; should allow the ready placingand changing of plate
. A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents : a pictorial system of teaching by clinical instruction plates with explanatory text : a series of photographic clinics in standard uses of scientific therapeutic apparatus for surgical and medical practitioners : prepared especially for the post-graduate home study of surgeons, general physicians, dentists, dermatologists and specialists in the treatment of chronic diseases, and sanitarium practice . p, removable in sections; should allow the ready placingand changing of plates; should carry its own tube-holder adaptable 56 STUDIES m X-RAY DIAGNOSIS to all positions over and under the patient: siLOuld be compact andno larger tlian necessary; should have accessory blocks, frames, andclamps for immobilizing any part of a patient during exposure; andthe top should be made to tilt or swing on a pivot by releasing mechan-isms for this purpose. Couches, canvas-covered litters, plain tables,folding-chairs, and a number of special tables have been devised andemployed for X-ray work, but there is still some room for improve-ment. If cost did not stand in the way, however, the ideal tablecould no doubt be made to order at the present time for anyone desir-ing it. A table of some kind is indispensable. While operating tables and tube-holders are made in quite avariety, yet most of them contemplate all other positions of the tubesave the important and often indispensable one of underneath the. Fig. 6.—Example of X-ray examination table with sliding tube-carrier and cross-bar. Thetop is removable in sections, and the square seen under the tube and marked in quadrants canbe shifted to center the jjlate in any other desired situation on the table. Tlie millimetrescale on the cross-bar and the sliding adjustments of the tube-holder assist accurate work. Itis one of the best and simplest tables made. patient. IsTot only is it often important to place cases in the
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