. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Surface thermometer ture, the temperature of corresponding parts of the bodyon the opposite side and the general temperature of thebody should be taken at the same time. SKIAGRAPHY, OR EMPLOYMENT OF THE RONTGEN RAYS. Rontgen, in 1895, while investigating the cathode raysas developed in Crookess tubes, discovered the energy Fig. Apparatu
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Surface thermometer ture, the temperature of corresponding parts of the bodyon the opposite side and the general temperature of thebody should be taken at the same time. SKIAGRAPHY, OR EMPLOYMENT OF THE RONTGEN RAYS. Rontgen, in 1895, while investigating the cathode raysas developed in Crookess tubes, discovered the energy Fig. Apparatus for taking skiagraphs. (Paek.) which he named a-rays. The rays are invisible, but havegreat power of penetration, and pass through many sub-stances which are opaque to sunlight and ordinary electriclia;ht. If the rays are intercepted by a body not readilypermeable, which is placed between the Crookess tube and SKIAGRAPHY. 229 a dry photographic plate, a shadow will be formed, and animpression of this shadow will be funned upon the a shadow is known as a skiagraph. The fluoroscopeconsists of a fluorescent screen, which is so placed thatthe rays emanating from the Crookess tube and passing Fig, 162.
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