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Title: American X-ray journal
Year: 1903 (1900s)
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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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he size of the newgrowth. 3. Establishment of the process ofrepair. -1. Removal of odor if present.5. Cessation of discharge.G. Softening and disintegration oflymphatic nodes. 7. Disappearance even of lymphaticenlargements not submitted to treatment,and often quite distant. 8. Removal of the cachectic color andappearance of the skin. 9. Improvement of the general health.10. Cure up to date of a certain number of malignant growths. At this point it is quite pertinent toask how these changes are inaugurated?From the various theories advanced, thewriter accepts the following: The x-ray vibrations acting upon thecancer cells tend to stimulate many tomaturity, at the same time breakingdown the weaker ones, which are absorbedby the lymphatics and enter the circula-tion producing the intoxication so fre-quently observed; the number of cellsreaching maturity and those undergoingdestruction depending upon the intensityof the reaction established. At the sametime changes take place in the small
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blood vessels, their coats become thick-ened and tends to narrow their caliber,thereby lessening the blood supply andaiding the return of the circulation to thenormal. In the treatment of large malignantgrowths it is still debatable as to whetherit is not better to remove the mass ifpossible and ray afterwards, so great attimes is the toxemia resulting from theabsorption of the disintegrated elementsof the neoplasm. Many object to anoperation preceding the ray, because ofthe difficulty encountered in setting up ahealthy reaction in recurrent growths.The best plan seems to be to ray cautious-ly, avoiding a sharp reaction (lest theresulting toxemia overcome the patient)and after the ray has done its work re-move the remaining nodule by a simpleoperation. My personal experience withx-rays in therapeutics covers the follow-ing cases: Mrs. L—, .age 64, consulted me inApril, 1902, with regard to a lump inher left breast which had been growingfor about a year. It was tender to thetouch and

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