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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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d twenty ormore Treponema pertenue to every field.One cubic centimeter of this serum wastaken from this lesion for inoculation ofanimals. In the latter part of October,1916, the secondary eruption appeared onthe face, scalp, neck, abdomen, and vulva.When the patient was admitted to the hos-pital, these lesions were nearly all circularin outline, although a few of the lesions onthe face were more or less elliptical. Theywere raised from the surface and coveredby a thick, hard yellowish crust. Removalof the crust left a raw, granulating surface.Some of the lesions of the face and abdomenwere flattened out and deeply pigmentedat the edges. The pains in the bones and joints startedin December, 1916, and gradually becamemore and more intense, until she could hardly walk. The phalangeal joints of thefingers were swollen and painful. No otherjoints were swollen, but pressure on thebones and other joints produced intensepain. There was no fever nor headache.Roentgenograms of her hands were at
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*Inf antile beriberi. tYaws, Plate V. Fig. I. No Bone Regeneration after Six Weeks OF Castellani Treatment. Case 8.Fig. 2. Regeneration of Bone of the Same Case AFTER SaLVARSAN. C.\SE 8. this time made by Doctors Fernandez andArgiielles, and an abundance of lesions werepresent in all the bones. The Castellanitreatment was given to her by DoctorGuerrero until she left the hospital. I sawthe case again on February 25, 1917. Theexternal lesions were healed, but she still 432 Bone and Joint Lesions of Yaws complained of pains in the bones. She hadcontinued to take the Castellani treat-ment rather irregularl3^ She was inducedto take her medicine as prescribed untilMarch 2, when it was learned that sherefused to continue with the treatment.Nevertheless she readily submitted to Case IX.—R. F., Filipino, sixteen yearsold. The primary lesion occurred on theright knee in September, 1911. The secon-dary eruption appeared one month laterand gradually disappeared without treat-ment. He stated th

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