. American quarterly of roentgenology . ear, but of10x12 size and a full half inch opening. Simply a metal envelope open at the side, the front beingof aluminum and the reverse of brass, the two folded togetherat the three closed edges and bound with stiff wire at the openside. Can readily be pushed under the draw-sheet to secure singleor stereo-exposures of fractured hips without moving the patientfrom the bed. The weight of a heavy patient will not pinchthe plate. When the subject is not too heavy the plate can be putnearer to the skin by backing up with one or two old plates. Skinner and We
. American quarterly of roentgenology . ear, but of10x12 size and a full half inch opening. Simply a metal envelope open at the side, the front beingof aluminum and the reverse of brass, the two folded togetherat the three closed edges and bound with stiff wire at the openside. Can readily be pushed under the draw-sheet to secure singleor stereo-exposures of fractured hips without moving the patientfrom the bed. The weight of a heavy patient will not pinchthe plate. When the subject is not too heavy the plate can be putnearer to the skin by backing up with one or two old plates. Skinner and Wells : A Private X-Ray Laboratory 227 A PRIVATE X-RAY LABORATORY. DESIGN AND PLAN BY E. H. SKINNER, M. D, AND H. P. WELLS,M. D., OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. This design and plan of a private X-ray laboratory is presentedas a working basis and not as an actual possibility. It is aninnocent amusement of the writers. Such a plan as presentedhere is not without the realm of possibility as far as the financialsanity of the scheme is The building could be of cut stone or stucco with slight alter-ations in the exterior details. The interior allows of widelatitude of treatment to meet the requisities of any the above plan was drawn Dr. Skinner has suggested thatless space be devoted to the artistic treatment of the negative-viewing room in the center so that more and better provisioncould be provided for dressing rooms in conjunction with thefluoroscopic room. In the large charity hospital there is no need 22H American Quarterly of Roentgenology. of exquisite privacy for fluoroscopic patients. In private labora-tories the lack of dressing rooms becomes embarrassing asidefrom the loss of time which is a greater consideration. Thisrapidly expanding field of X-ray diagnosis presents many prob-lems in the private laboratory. The radiologist must considerthe maintenance of ocular accommodation without interruptionof interview or entrance and exit of other patients
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