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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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th hand and fingers, ex-cept the little finger, were abolished.Wrist movements were limited and pain-ful and the .thumb and finger could scarce-ly be opposed. The joints were very AN X-RAY BURN. 267 stuff; he could not pick up a lead pencil. Sensation was very much impaired andthe sense of touch on the palmar surfacewas markedly decreased. X-ray pictures were taken of the hand,showing the first phalanges thickened,particularly those of the index and sec-ond fingers. The heads of the secondand third metacarpel bones appeared en-larged and their shafts slightly so. Thespace between the bones at the joints mented; the vessels of the corium weredilated and the pigment cells of the pa-pillae almost as numerous as in the skinof a negro. One year ago the patient was againexamined. The roughened outline of themetacarpal bones was visible with thefluoroscope. Motor power had so far re-covered that the patient could pick up alead pencil, but not a pin. Sensationwas much below normal. Outside of
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AN X-RAY BURN. were found narrowed, and the outline ofthe bones roughened and irregular. On microscopic examination the hornylayer of the skin was found thickened andpartially detached, the mucous layer pig- these conditions no unpleasant results per-sisted. The prolonged exposure to the rays ap-parently induced dermatitis, neuritis,periostitis and probably also osteitis. Electro=Therapy. A Heavy Electrical Shock. Dr. Jellinek relates a case of a work-man who had been subjected to the dis-charge from a 5,500-volt three phase cir-cuit for five minutes and yet suffered nopermanent injury, except to his handsand forearms, which were very severelyburned. Details are given in NeucsWeiner Tegblatt, March 20, 1903. Alternating Currents Applied to the Abdo=minal Sympathetic Nerves. Dr. S. Sloan (Lancet, May 30, 1903)finds neuro-muscular asthenia amenableto this treatment. Visceral neuroses,sickness of reflex character, and vaso-motor cases, were all treated successfully.In neurasthenia, in in

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