. American X-ray journal . three grain* ot arsenicand other poisons. He is able to takethese large doses of poison by com-mencing ) ears ago with ordinary dosesand gradually increasing some until nowit is a habit he can not quit. He sayshe passes the metallic articles in twenty-four hours. Fig. 4. Radiograph taken for Dr. Lewis, showing deformity of bonesof left foot, and also right one for com-parison. On inspection both feet wereapparently alike. Fig. 5. Showing aneurism of arch of ago; slight cough which was paroxys-mal and continued up to the time ofdeath: he complained of slight apho
. American X-ray journal . three grain* ot arsenicand other poisons. He is able to takethese large doses of poison by com-mencing ) ears ago with ordinary dosesand gradually increasing some until nowit is a habit he can not quit. He sayshe passes the metallic articles in twenty-four hours. Fig. 4. Radiograph taken for Dr. Lewis, showing deformity of bonesof left foot, and also right one for com-parison. On inspection both feet wereapparently alike. Fig. 5. Showing aneurism of arch of ago; slight cough which was paroxys-mal and continued up to the time ofdeath: he complained of slight aphoniaand on examination of throat there wasslight paresis of vocal cords and onphysical examination of the chest the re-spiratory murmur on the left side wasslightly enfeebled. Aside from this dif-ference the examination of the lung wasnegative. There was a slight area ofdullness above the heart and aside fromthis there was no physical signs of aneu-rism. The radial pulse in the two sideswere similar. There was no inequality. fig. 8. aorta. Case referred to me for a radio-graph by Dr. C. F. Wainwright and Foster. This case is especially in-teresting as the post mortem has beenmade. The radiograph was made aboutsix weeks before death. The followinghistory is given by Dr. Wainwright andDr. Foster:— Mr. M. H. Stevens; age sixty-two;single; occupation, cigar dealer; born ofhealthy parents; temperate in habits;never had any severe sickness, com-menced complaining about two years of pupil, no bruit or change in heartsounds, no abnormal pulsating area, norpain. The heart was normal in size andthere was no evidence of valvular diagnosis of aneurism was madefrom the character of aphonia due topressure upon the recurrent laryngealnerve. The patient died from exhaustion af-ter a history of two years duration and avery large fusiform aneurism was foundinvolving the entire arch of the aorta ex-tending to the body of the vertebrae 328 THE AMERICAN XRAYJOURNAL. against which
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