. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . tudy by hundreds of carefulobservers, it has been conclusively proven that the x-ray is an idealremedy in the treatment and cure of these early growths, or first-stage epitheliomas. This work has been so universally successfulin the hands of the author that, were he to hear of a case of failurein such a case, he would question the method of treatment. It must,however, be distinctly understood that there is much for the op-erator to
. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . tudy by hundreds of carefulobservers, it has been conclusively proven that the x-ray is an idealremedy in the treatment and cure of these early growths, or first-stage epitheliomas. This work has been so universally successfulin the hands of the author that, were he to hear of a case of failurein such a case, he would question the method of treatment. It must,however, be distinctly understood that there is much for the op-erator to learn if he hopes to get favorable results in this class ofwork. The possession of an x-ray generator and a vacuum tubeis no guarantee that the possessor is in any way competent to usethem. There has been too much unscientific work of this kind inthe past, for which the patients have usually paid very severe penal-ties. Like every other department or specialty in medicine, physi-cians should be compelled to qualify before being allowed to makeuse of the x-ray for either diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. 272 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY. X-RAY THERAPY 273 Technic and Mode of Operation.—The technic and manner inwhich the x-ray is applied to the treatment and cure of skin can-cer is very simple, but it demands a thorough knowledge of thevacuum tube and its possibilities. Unless the tube has the correctvacuum, and the distance, length, and frequency of exposure areproperly regulated, the results of such treatment will be very dis-appointing. \^__ The patient may be placed in a sitting or reclining position, soas to allow proper application of the tube to the parts to be the growth is of the size of a silver dollar, it will be well toexpose the tissues over twice this area during the first few treat-ments. Then the opening in the shield may be decreased so as toexpose the growth only. The shield is composed of thin sheet-lead, in which holes are c
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