. American X-ray journal . came from Tennesseewith the following history: A horse hadfallen upon his leg, breaking it below theknee; his family physician dressed it forhim in plaster-of-Paris, and in three weeksremoved the dressing. He was very muchsurprised to find that no union had takenplace. It was now seven months since theaccident, and yet there was absolutely nounion. The x rays were turned on his leg,and a peep through the fluoroscope showed quired into by the patient and his friends,as it is well known that the rays do pro-duce a burn of the skin, and even extend-ing into the deeper s
. American X-ray journal . came from Tennesseewith the following history: A horse hadfallen upon his leg, breaking it below theknee; his family physician dressed it forhim in plaster-of-Paris, and in three weeksremoved the dressing. He was very muchsurprised to find that no union had takenplace. It was now seven months since theaccident, and yet there was absolutely nounion. The x rays were turned on his leg,and a peep through the fluoroscope showed quired into by the patient and his friends,as it is well known that the rays do pro-duce a burn of the skin, and even extend-ing into the deeper structures if not prop-erly applied, and even then, with alt thecare possible to exert, a case is occasion-ally encountered in which there seems tobe an idiosyncrasy—just as you find peoplewho can not take quinine or morphine. The patient should understand fully thisdanger, in the presence of witnesses, be-fore the work is attempted. I have beenvery fortunate in not producing a singleburn. In my private laboratory, and in. Fig. Ununited Fracture of tibia. the secret of the whole matter. The frac-ture was oblique, and the lower fragmenthad passed around the upper and had notbeen replaced. Of course union was im-possible in this position. The skiagraph also shows a united frac-ture four inches below the ununitedfracture. The treatment consisted in convertingthis simple fracture into a compound, bit-ing off the overlapping ends, drilling andwiring them together. The question of x-ray burns is a seriousone. It is one that is usually closely in- the x-ray laboratory at the KentuckySchool of Medicine, where I have beenconnected until recently, I have made ap-proximately three hundred exposures, andalthough I have made some few exposures,thirty minutes long, I have caused no evi-dence of dermatitis or burn. In onecase I remember making at least ten ex-posures (hip joint) before succeeding,and they were quite lengthy, yet no troubleensued. Danger of burning is increasedby two things:
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