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Title: American X-ray journal
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Subjects: X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: St. Louis : American X-Ray Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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ks aftera conscientious trial of this kind wasmade. I have tried just such an experiment,as I have before stated in The Ameri-can X-Ray Journal, but the opening inthe screen was oblong and I have now ascar to show where the exposure wasmade. More than thai, two thicknessesof aluminum foil were used over a por-tion of the spot during exposure andwere not sufficient to prevent the derma-titis. Could anything be more convinc-ing as to the fact that static field hasnothing to do with the case? Whatmore proof is needed that electricity orelectric currents are not involved? Onthe other hand the proof is positive thatRoentgen rays of such character as to beeasily absorbed by the tissues are the trueagency in causing the dermatitis. I wasconvinced of that by my experiments THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 497 made over two years ago. I am pleasedto find that Dr. Philip Mills Jones, ofthe University of California has writtenseveral papers putting forward views insubstantial accord with my own and I
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FIG. 2. am sure that any competent investigator ing foreign bodies imbedded in the tis- attacking this question must be drawn to sues. the adoption of these views. Case. Mrs. S., set. thirty-two; three SKIAGRAPHY IN (iUNSHOT WOUNDS. BY DR. GEORGE F. SHEARS. The following case is presented as il-lustrating the value of the x-ray in locat- THE AMERICAN X-RAYJOiRXAL. years ago was shot in the neck. Thebullet entered the left side about thelevel of the fourth cerebral vertebra,and on a line dropped perpendicularlyfrom the lobe of the ear. The line of direction through the tis-sue, according to the patient as receivedfrom the statement of her physicians,was upward and slightly forward. Thebullet was probed for but could notbe located, and after careful searchhad been made all attempts to find itwere abandoned. It was believed thatthe bullet was in the deep structuresnear some of the great arterial trunks.The patient made a good recovery fromthe injury. Some six months after thisshe began t

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