. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students . chill this morning. March 2. X-Ray Examination ivith Screen. — This examination,made on the same day as above, showed that the right apex, to thelower border of the third rib, was darker than normal, and the excursionof the diaphragm was shorter and higher up on the same side, 5.] centi-metres on the right side and j\ centimetres on the left side; and thatthe heart moved more to the right than normal during inspiration,because the left lung expande
. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent; designed for the use of practitioners and students . chill this morning. March 2. X-Ray Examination ivith Screen. — This examination,made on the same day as above, showed that the right apex, to thelower border of the third rib, was darker than normal, and the excursionof the diaphragm was shorter and higher up on the same side, 5.] centi-metres on the right side and j\ centimetres on the left side; and thatthe heart moved more to the right than normal during inspiration,because the left lung expanded better than the right. (See Fig. 92.) March 2. Physical examination, made after X-ray examination:Heart area normal, action regular, no murmurs. Lungs : resonancegood over all; slight increase of vocal fremitus at right apex front andback, perhaps not more than normal. Expiration prolonged at rightapex and whispered bronchophony more marked than normal. ISO THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY The diagnosis of tuberculosis in part suggested by the X-ray exami-nation was confirmed by the tuberculin test. John
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