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Title: The Röntgen rays in medical work
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Walsh, David
Subjects: X-rays Radiography X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: New York : William Wood
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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circled the whole circumferenceof the arm. Palpation detected no soft tissues between the integu-ment and the bone. An exploratory incision revealed fragments ofthe biceps, triceps, and deltoid muscles, the edges of which wererefreshed and united with catgut. A fair result was obtainedfourteen months after operation. Another case showed congenital-absence of the metatarsal and corresponding phalanges ; another,congenital absence of nasal bones and arrested development of thenasal processes of the superior maxilla. One girl of nine years had * Neurologischcs Centralblatt, 1903, No. 1, p. 41. f Journal of the American Medical Association, October 12, 1901. 248 THE RONTGEN RAYS IN MEDICAL WORK congenital hypertrophy of all the toes, resembling elephantiasis, hutshown by the radiogram to be of normal osseous structure. The same author, in an earlier article,* described the radiographicappearances in a case of spina bifida in which the contents of thesac were to some extent differentiated.
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Fig. 122.—A Normal Foot bent strongly downwards.Compare with preceding figure. Numerous cases of polydactylism and allied congenital deformitieshave been published. In one or two instances the radiograph has * New York Medical Record, August 13, 1898, p. 231. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS 2i9 indicated the appropriate line of operation upon supernumeraryfingers and toes. The writer appends an interesting example of polydactylism.The hands and feet in these illustrations are from the same subject.The hands appear to be wanting in fingers, but the radiogram shows-that it is really a case of polydactylism, with supernumerary thumb.One of the missing fingers, the digit of the right hand, appears to-be represented by a rudimentary phalanx forced down between theheads of the second and third metacarpal bones. The feet, however, show suppression of toes, and suggest a two-toed type. The picture of the right foot is indistinct owing to-trembling during the exposure. It is interesting to

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