. Radium . Fig. 4. Case 2. Before Treatment. One Week Vig. 5. Case 3. Before Treatment, One Week Later. To (late I have treated 41 cases, 34 of which Dr. Brayton and Ireported in the December number of the Boston Medical and SurgicalJournal. * In this series a constant technique was observed in producing ItADITJM 57 the roentgenographs. The patient was placed flat on the back, and aseries of plates were made at a constant target plate distance until aI)late was obtained which showed no distortion. Speed is an importantfactor, and of late I have found the double screen technique the mos
. Radium . Fig. 4. Case 2. Before Treatment. One Week Vig. 5. Case 3. Before Treatment, One Week Later. To (late I have treated 41 cases, 34 of which Dr. Brayton and Ireported in the December number of the Boston Medical and SurgicalJournal. * In this series a constant technique was observed in producing ItADITJM 57 the roentgenographs. The patient was placed flat on the back, and aseries of plates were made at a constant target plate distance until aI)late was obtained which showed no distortion. Speed is an importantfactor, and of late I have found the double screen technique the mostsatisfactory. A little over two years ago I was called in consultation by W. Brayton, assistant pediatrician to the Hartford Hospital, tosee an infant practically moribund from the effects of an enlarged thymusgland. The patient was markedly cyanosed and gasping for x-ray examination showed a thymus filling nearly half the roentgen therapy was recommended, as up to this time it hadproved to be the only effective method of
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