. The Röntgen rays in medical work . examinations. Onlyexceptionally is an abnormal condition to be found in this respectafter the age of twenty-five. 4. The bones of the hands are the latest to ossify. (/) OTHER SURGICAL ascertain Results of Osteoplastic Operation. An interesting case is recorded by Howard Lillienthal in whichboth the desirability and the results of a bone plastic operationwere plainly indicated by the rays. His patient had lost the use ofa leg after a severe injury. A radiograph showed considerable loss ofsubstance of the body of the tibia. To remedy this state of
. The Röntgen rays in medical work . examinations. Onlyexceptionally is an abnormal condition to be found in this respectafter the age of twenty-five. 4. The bones of the hands are the latest to ossify. (/) OTHER SURGICAL ascertain Results of Osteoplastic Operation. An interesting case is recorded by Howard Lillienthal in whichboth the desirability and the results of a bone plastic operationwere plainly indicated by the rays. His patient had lost the use ofa leg after a severe injury. A radiograph showed considerable loss ofsubstance of the body of the tibia. To remedy this state of things,the operation of tibio-fibular osteoplasty was performed by cuttingthrough the fibula, and bending it over to lie obliquely in the long-axis of the gap in the shin-bone. The successful result was proved * Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen, 1897-1898, pp. Ibid., B. III., 1899-1900. % Rontgen Rays, F. H. Williams, , second edition, p. 462, Macmillan,New York, 1902. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS 299. Fig. 155.—Foot in Leprosy showing Bone Absorption (Some of theMarkings due to an Opaque Dressing). E. H. Howlett, 300 THE RONTGEN MA YS IN MEDICAL WORK
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