. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . een set up and treatment was dis-continued, the patient disappearing for three months. Whenhe returned the central or thickest portion of the tumor haddisappeared, and the whole mass presented a remarkablechange. The induration at this time was most marked on theregions which had been screened during the exposures, show-ing the necessity of employing the screen judiciously in suchcases. In this case it is evident that better results would havebeen obtained from the early treatment had the whole chi
. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . een set up and treatment was dis-continued, the patient disappearing for three months. Whenhe returned the central or thickest portion of the tumor haddisappeared, and the whole mass presented a remarkablechange. The induration at this time was most marked on theregions which had been screened during the exposures, show-ing the necessity of employing the screen judiciously in suchcases. In this case it is evident that better results would havebeen obtained from the early treatment had the whole chin beenexposed, and only the upper portion of the face been screened, 282 STATIC ELECTRICITY. as was done subsequently in the management of the patient made a progressive improvement toward recovery,and again disappeared. Another observation may be madefrom the results of this case, that primary cases ofepithelioma are more promptly cured than those which havebeen operated upon, and that the ulcerated surfaces permitmore rapid removal of the condition than in cases in which the. Fig. 23.—Epithelioma. broken-down tissue must be removed by absorption. It willalso be observed that an epithelioma which does not ulceratewith the possibility of the diseased tissue sloughing awaymay be satisfactorily absorbed, and disappear under exposuresof the X-ray. A tube of higher vacuum will be requiredwhere the affected tissues are beneath the superficial layers ofthe skin, and not ulcerated. THE X-RAY IN AFFECTIONS OF THE SKIN. 283 Psoriasis is reported by many writers to have been favor-ably affected by X-ray treatment, and on general principleswould be expected to improve. The writer has had goodresults from the employment of the brush-discharge, and tothe present time has not employed the X-ray. If, however,the X-ray is used, it should be employed as in the treatmentof acne, and the brush-discharge applied daily as soon as aslight indication of dermatitis appears. When emplo
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