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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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he ulceration; no cause to explainit. Child was seven months old when treatmentbegan, and at no time was its feeding interrupted.Notice most of the lesion was covered with healthyskin, the blood vessels being deep, except in theulcerated area. Treatment, radium 345 mgh., 4 ap-plications ; 40 mg. for 2^^ 20 mg. for 3 hours.Applied July 12, 24, Aug. 18, 29. Applied in tubesI mm. lead, ^4 gauze filter. more susceptible, and if one or the other hadbeen radiated at a previous time, that factmust not be forgotten when radium is to beappHed to the other surface. It is impossible at this time, to give anyexact dosage, owing to the wide variation inthe size and position of the lesions and thedifficulties that often attend the application.However the correlation of these figureswill in time give a better idea of uniformityand will likewise improve our results. COMPLICATIONS The reaction set up by radium causes alow grade inflammation of the radiated part, Treatment of Angliomata with Radium 341
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