. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Fig. 100.—Fracture of tibia,portions of shell in limb. Fig. 101.—Fragments of bullet in limb ; arrows indicateposition of wounds. Graduated scale over bone. Hori-zontal line indicates distance from edge of bone, obliqueline distance from upper arrow. in relation to a bony landmark, but for exact localisation it is necessary to use the cross thread method. It has been suggested that X-ray localisation in several cases has complicated the removal rather than been helpful. In order to obviate such complications the following method might be a
. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Fig. 100.—Fracture of tibia,portions of shell in limb. Fig. 101.—Fragments of bullet in limb ; arrows indicateposition of wounds. Graduated scale over bone. Hori-zontal line indicates distance from edge of bone, obliqueline distance from upper arrow. in relation to a bony landmark, but for exact localisation it is necessary to use the cross thread method. It has been suggested that X-ray localisation in several cases has complicated the removal rather than been helpful. In order to obviate such complications the following method might be adopted. The foreign body should beaccurately located by the Davidsonmethod and stereoscopic platestaken. The exact spot is markedout and the plates viewed in thestereoscope. These two give theexact spot where the body removal the following pro-cedure is suggested. In the operating theatre or theX-ray room a simple table is con-verted into a combined X-ray andoperating-table by using one of the simpler tube-stands which allows of a tube-c
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