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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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emanation is usually in abulb, sometimes in a small tube suchas is shown beside the brass tube. \\ henused in cervical cases it is put in a rubbercot with string attached. The clamp is aconvenient one for picking up the tube.To the left of the tube is shown a simplecotton cloth applicator in which tubes areplaced. These applicators are ordered andarranged to fit the individual case. This isa convenient one for the cervix alone.To the left ot this applicator is an ellipticalpiece of lead about -.5 mm. in thicknessand covered by a piece of gauze. It isused as a screen between the radium andthe normal vaginal wall. Sometimes a Results of Treatment of Carcinoma of the Cervix number of these can be superimposed andare a great help in obviating proctitis.Above are shown two types of needlecarriers. The emanation tube is threaded -(„, In a cancer limited to the cervix, onetube placed at the internal OS, one at theexternal os and four on the cervix, asshown, with a total of 3,000 inc. hours
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Fig. 6. Applicators employed in the treatment of carcinoma of the cervix with radium emanation. into the end of the needle. The needle radiation, divided into 1,200 mc. hours is inserted where it is desired to place the in cervix and 1,800 mc. hours on cervix, is tube, and the tube is then pushed out into a curative single dose. It is better to give the tissue. this in a single rather than in broken dos- -o Results of Treatment of Carcinoma of the Cervix age. We frequentlj use 3,000 mc. of emana-tion in these tubes and complete theradiation in one hour. Where smalleramounts of radium are used and longer timesemployed, a somew hat greater mc. or muni,hour treatment is necessary,—perhaps athird more, where 100 mc. or mgm. is theamount of radium or emanation used. Where the parametria are involved, theexposure should be increased 4 or 4^ gm. extensive areas may very likely be stillfurther reduced. Where the needles are used, the treat-ment is given under gas anesthesia. Whereno needles

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