. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . of awoman of fifty years. Even in the deplorable rase of a man of twenty-eight by Fig. 314, temporary improvement was obtained, theextensive oedema disappearing as soon as the ulcerated area cica- ,. i - fc •••tfci v, <* * ^ * Fig. Tissue, Deep Stratum, after Irradiation. trized. The patient had previously submitted to extirpation, andsuccumbed four months afterward to the recurrence. The statements of the author were corroborated later by theobservation of Williams, Pusey, Coley, Morton, Allen, Skinner, andothers. Eve
. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . of awoman of fifty years. Even in the deplorable rase of a man of twenty-eight by Fig. 314, temporary improvement was obtained, theextensive oedema disappearing as soon as the ulcerated area cica- ,. i - fc •••tfci v, <* * ^ * Fig. Tissue, Deep Stratum, after Irradiation. trized. The patient had previously submitted to extirpation, andsuccumbed four months afterward to the recurrence. The statements of the author were corroborated later by theobservation of Williams, Pusey, Coley, Morton, Allen, Skinner, andothers. Even in deep-seated tumours an inhibitory action could benoticed. The superficially located growths, of course, yield most readilyto the Rontgen-ray therapy. Next to it tumours primary in thelymph-glands may be considered. The observations of William P. Coley (Medical Record, March21, 1903), to whom science is greatly indebted for his indefatiga-ble investigations in this important field, are noteworthy. He V 420 THE KONTGEN RAYS. treated 24 cases of the vari-ous types of sarcoma, amongthem were 17 round-celled,3 spindle-celled, and 1 me-lanotic round-celled. In 4 the variety wasdoubtful. Of the 3 cases ofspindle-celled sarcoma, one,recurrent sarcoma of the su-perior maxilla, showed noimprovement. A recurrentsarcoma of the chest wall, aswell as a spindle-celled sar-coma of the chest, was stillunder treatment, with slightimprovement. Another case,formerly under Coleys care,a spindle-celled sarcoma ofthe abdominal wall and pel-vis, the size of an eightmonths pregnant uterus, wastreated for seven monthsby Skinner, with general improvement, but slight local the 17 cases of round-celled sarcoma, all inoperable, fourhave disappeared entirely, yetin every case a recurrence hastaken place in less than a all of these cases the Rontgen-ray applications were made fourtimes a week, and continuedover a period of many these Avas a veryextensive recurren
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