. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students . 6o2 THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY transmitted through the bones of the finger caused great pain. Hewas treated at the out-patient department of a hospital in London forsome little time, and was then told that the phalanges had been frac-tured, that the joint was firmly ossified, and that, to obtain relief, ampu-tation of the phalanx was necessary. The patient then went to , who made a radiograph of the finger, and he and
. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students . 6o2 THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY transmitted through the bones of the finger caused great pain. Hewas treated at the out-patient department of a hospital in London forsome little time, and was then told that the phalanges had been frac-tured, that the joint was firmly ossified, and that, to obtain relief, ampu-tation of the phalanx was necessary. The patient then went to , who made a radiograph of the finger, and he and concluded that the two last phalanges were connected bya bridge of bone which had been thrown out, owing to the traumaticinflammation of the joint. Dr. Abrahams broke the bridge, and aradiograph taken after the operation showed that the two phalangeswere no longer connected. In this case the X-rays indicated the lineof treatment by showing that the ankylosis was only partial, not total. It is evident that the X-rays afford a means of recognizing chemicalchanges that have taken place in the body. We should therefore useevery effort to
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