. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . tated by administering small pledgets of moistened cottonwool. The most usual spot at which to find a foreign body blocking theintestine is the ileo-csecal valve. When a foreign body has been located inthe alimentary tract the patient should be screened and radiographed atregular intervals. The body is thus kept under rigid observation, and shouldan operation become necessary it can be conducted with the least possibledelay. Stereoscopic radiographs taken immediately j)rior to an operation,or the use of X-rays at the time of operation, when the fluorescen
. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . tated by administering small pledgets of moistened cottonwool. The most usual spot at which to find a foreign body blocking theintestine is the ileo-csecal valve. When a foreign body has been located inthe alimentary tract the patient should be screened and radiographed atregular intervals. The body is thus kept under rigid observation, and shouldan operation become necessary it can be conducted with the least possibledelay. Stereoscopic radiographs taken immediately j)rior to an operation,or the use of X-rays at the time of operation, when the fluorescent screenmay be used from time to time, will be found useful as a guide to the the former method the object may be located with fair accuracy ; by thelatter method the operator may be able to guide his instruments to theforeign body. Work of this special character requires to be carried out inthe dark under aseptic conditions. The top of the couch must be madeaseptic and the fluorescent screen be one that can be
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