. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . tents. The technique is simple: aoblique can easily be obtained bying the right chest to the film, biangle must be accurately caugallow little or no sign of the pulmtissue to be seen on the opposite sithe spine. A preliminary screenis often necessary to get the exact ;Special measuring devices haveinvented, but we have found littleculty in estimating the proper pcin which to place the patient. The following cases illustratimportance of permanent obliqupressions of the thoracic cavity: Case I: Mrs. S., aged 68, hijoyed good health until three
. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . tents. The technique is simple: aoblique can easily be obtained bying the right chest to the film, biangle must be accurately caugallow little or no sign of the pulmtissue to be seen on the opposite sithe spine. A preliminary screenis often necessary to get the exact ;Special measuring devices haveinvented, but we have found littleculty in estimating the proper pcin which to place the patient. The following cases illustratimportance of permanent obliqupressions of the thoracic cavity: Case I: Mrs. S., aged 68, hijoyed good health until three yearwhen she began having a slighlductive cough, accompanied b;casional wheezing dyspnea and sution. During the summer monthssymptoms subsided. For the pasthowe\er. there has been a perpain in the back of the neck arintersicapular region, accompanieddefinite numbness in the lowerThe patient is nervous and comof a light feeling under the stcThere are no signs of tendernessinterscapular area. 266 VALUE OF OBLIQUE FILMS IX STUDY OF THORAX—PRITCHARD. Fie. 1—No cardiac hypertrophy. Aortic arch apparently onlymoderately enlarged for patient of 6S years of age. Fig. 2—Shows an oblique view of Figure 1. A very definiteaneurismal enlargement of the descending aorta. Fig. 3—A very extensive aneurism of the arch and upper thoracic 4—An oblique view of Figure 3, .showing atrophy of thedies of the tliird and fourth dorsal vertebrae from persistent The physical examination shows nodefinite abnormality. Nutrition and de-velopment are good, considering thepatients age. Blood Wassermann,negative. Recent mucopurulent ex-pectoration showed no acid-fast bacilli. In the stereoradiograms (Fig. 1)each pulmonary base showed indistinct,hazy markings characteristic of achronic venous congestion. No cardiacenlargement was found and the aorticarch was not definitely widened. Theright oblique film of the thorax () showed a round bulging enlarge-ment of the lower thoracic aorta, c
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