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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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ection was given of3.5 c.c. B. Welchii antitoxin and theextremity was amputated by guillotineoperation at upper third of the thigh onApril 9 at 2.30 F.M. On April 10 the temperature dropped to99, the pulse to no, and the respiration to20. Postoperative History.—The stump wastreated with Dakins solution, but a secondamputation had to be performed to securea proper stump. After that, convalescencewas uninterrupted and the patient is ingood condition at the present writing. The first roentgenogram. Series i, wasmade at 8.30 a.m., April 9, about seventy-two hours after the accident. It shows avery considerable infiltration of gas in thetissues, involving the lower third of thethigh and all of the leg and foot up to themetatarsal bones. The accumulation ofgas is most marked posterior to the upperFig. I. Series I. Made 8.30 a.m., April 9, 1918. third of the fibula where it evidently dis- * Authority to publish granted by Board of Publication, Surgeon Generals Office, Washington. D. C. I4S
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146 Gas Gangrene of the Leg sected its way down from the knee joint.It is plainly visible in the tissues beneaththe plantar fascia as shown on the originalplates, but this part, unfortunately, wasnot printed. The soft tissues of the knee

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