. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . ars old, who, after three years of X-raywork, suffered from severe lesions on both arms, breast, neck and 1901 there began a slowly growing ulceration of the back of the righthand, which, by the middle of 1902, had become a gangrenous epithelioma ;glands enlarged at the elbow and in the axilla. Amputation at the shoul-der; axillary glands removed, and found full of squamous-celled car-cinoma. Sound healing. In December, 1904, a typical cancer of the lowerlip and another of the angle of the mouth were excised, as was a suspic
. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . ars old, who, after three years of X-raywork, suffered from severe lesions on both arms, breast, neck and 1901 there began a slowly growing ulceration of the back of the righthand, which, by the middle of 1902, had become a gangrenous epithelioma ;glands enlarged at the elbow and in the axilla. Amputation at the shoul-der; axillary glands removed, and found full of squamous-celled car-cinoma. Sound healing. In December, 1904, a typical cancer of the lowerlip and another of the angle of the mouth were excised, as was a suspicious 276 DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY lesion on the back of the left hand. In March, 1905, a growth of the cheekwas removed, which was pronounced by Unna to be a sarcoma. In Sep-tember, 1905, excision of the right lower jaw for carcinoma. Recurrence,involving the tongue and the adjacent cheek, was present in February,1906. Death soon followed. Case XLYII. Summary: In 1897 began work with the X-rays,testing the tubes for several hours a day. First noticed erythema and. Fig. 310. Hands of X-ray operator after thirty operations. warty growths in 1900. In 1905, keratoses and warts had formed on bothhands, chest and face. First carcinoma developed and required amputa-tion of two fingers of the left hand in April, 1907; similar growth curettedon right hand. By March, 1908, rapid extension of the disease necessi-tating amputation of left forearm; curettage of epithelioma on right , 1908, involvement of epitrochlear and axillary glands. August11, 1908, amputation of fingers of right hand. September 25, 1908, ampu-tation at shoulder. Death on November 7,1908; general carcinosis. (Fig. 309-) The report of another case by Porter commences: I have operated upon this patient under ether thirty-two times, theoperations varying in duration from one hour and a half to three present there remains of his left hand two joints of the little finger,the forefinger and thumb; of the right h
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