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Identifier: radiographyxrayt00knoxuoft (find matches)
Title: Radiography, x-ray therapeutics and radium therapy
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928
Subjects: Radiography Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
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ded to. Several hghts are required : (a) Two ormore ruby lights ; (b) a yellow Hght for printing, etc. The developmentshould be arranged for at one end of the room, a capacious sink Avith a goodsupply of hot and cold water being provided. Next to this is placed awashing tank, then a fixing tank or tanks, and lastly another washing tank.These should all be large and deep. A drjdng rack should be placed at thisend of the room, and a vie-s^-ing-box for inspection of the negatives whenwet. Plates and papers should be kept in a cupboard at the oj)posite endof the room, if an outer dark room has not been provided. In the largest hospitals the organisation of the electrical departmentbecomes more involved. It is only when the whole department is under 86 RADIOGKAPHY efficient control that good work can be turned out in a routine manner.The efficiency, therefore, of such departments depends on thorough organisa- ■ All the workers must be trained to L tion more than on individual effort :^ M
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Fig. S2.—Plans of the electrical department at the Cancer Hospital, Fulham.(By kind permission of E. M. Pole, Esq.) perform their particular part of the general whole in the most efficient mannerpossible. X-RAYS IN MILITAEY SERVICE 87 4. Installation for a Hospital for Military Service Equipment for Military Radiography. — Radiography has beenfound to be of great use in the detection of fractures and foreign bodies.Its value therefore in the medical equipment of the military service isbeyond doubt. Thorough equipment and organisation are necessary toobtain the maximum value, as it is often a matter of great difficultyto deal in the most efficient manner w4th the large amount of work whichat times presents itself. The ideal scheme is one which is simple, com-prehensive, and efficient, and this entails much prehminary detail work.An efficient scheme, and one which commends itself, consists of: (1) Aninstallation at a base hospital, (2) a serviceable installation at a collectinghospi

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