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Title: The principles and practice of roentgenological technique
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Hirsch, Isaac Seth, 1889-1942
Subjects: Radiography
Publisher: New York, American X-Ray Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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meansof protection against the ill efTects of therays, such as lead screens, opaque aprons andgloves, lead glass goggles. Organic changes in the skin and internal
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Fig. 3iO.—.Another view of fluoroscopy room showing fluoroscopic chair arranged tor orthofluoroscopicexaminations. A control board is provided with this apparatus. The worker should never forget that thex-ray is a two-edged sword, a power for muchgood, yet capable of dealing much harm toall those coming within its reach. It is a dutyof the hospital toward their roentgen labora-tory appointees to see to it that they areamply protected from any deleterious elTectsof the rays. Kirschberg quotes legal abstractsshowing the duty of employer to em))loyee inthe protection of life and health and says: organs, particularly testicles, ovaries, spleertand kidneys, may restilt from such intermit-tent exposure as an operator nia\- get duringthe course of several years work. Thoseparts of the skin most easily and commonlyinjured are that of the back of the hand andthe extensor side of the finger, less frequentlythe skin of the face and rarely that of thechest or abdomen. Of the internal organs,the

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