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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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Pl.vte I Fig. I. LesiO-NS in Patell.\ and Tibia. Case 3.Fig. 2. Lesio-XS in Os C.alcis. Case 2. February 10, 1917, the roentgen ray pic-tures showed a total of nineteen bonelesions including those on the articularsurfaces. The Castellani treatment was 428 Bone and Joint Lesions of Yaws given in one-half the adult dose, but thepatient soon complained of gastric dis-turbance and headache. The amount wasthen reduced to one-fourth the adult dose.After five months the bone lesions showeddefinite improvement, and considerableregeneration of the bones had taken place.
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Pl.\te II Fir,. I. Joint Lesions. C.\se i.Fig. 2. Ankylosis, Foi.lowini; Joint Lesion. C.\se 3. Cask II.—M. S., Filipina, ten yearsold. The primary lesion was on the leftleg in 1915. The secondary eruption, whichappeared six weeks later, gradual!) dis- appeared after the third month withouttreatment. In August, 1916, she com-plained of pain in the left leg, which condi-tion persisted until she was seen in Feb-ruary, 1917. The roentgen ray plates atthis time showed one lesion in the lowerpart of the tibia and four in the os calcis.Further observation of this case was notpossible. Case III.—P. G., Filipina, fifteen yearsold. The primary lesion appeared on theleft leg in October, 1911. This lesion im-proved without treatment, but did notcompletely heal. The secondary eruptionappeared three weeks later and was mostmarked upon the feet. Other lesions werescattered about the face, anus, and vulva.After one and one-half 3ears the eruptionhad disappeared except from the lowerextremities.

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