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Title: X-ray dosage in treatment and radiography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Witherbee, William Daniel, 1875- Remer, John, 1862- joint author
Subjects: X-rays Radiography X-Ray Therapy Radiography
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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thema doseof unfiltered dosage. CHAPTER VI Treatment of Focal Infection of the Throat by X-Ray Compared with Surgical Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids The x-ray method of treating chronic focal infec-tion of the throat, namely, tonsils and adenoids, isnot only safe and permanent, but will more thor-oughly and completely remove this focal infectionthan any other method yet devised, surgical orotherwise, and furthermore, the contraindicationsfor operation in no way interfere with this pro-cedure. The technic is comparatively simple. In theaverage case we use a seven-inch spark gap, fivemilliamperes, four minutes time, ten-inch distance,and three mm. of aluminum as filter. The patientlies face downward, head turned to the side, theposition and angle of the patient and tube corre-sponding exactly to that employed by the roent-genologist in making a radiograph of the lowermolars on an x-ray plate (Fig. 3). The number of treatments is usually about eight, given at in- 44 THROAT INFECTIONS 45
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Fig. 3.—Illustrates the use of the indicator in determin-the distance and direction of the ray, showing the area ex-posed and pos:tion of the patient. Routine factors withthis apparatus as follows: Seven inch spark gap, five milli-amperes, ten inch distance, four minutes time, with threemm. of aluminum as filter. 46 X-RAY DOSAGE tervals of two weeks, and both sides of the headare exposed at each treatment. A special tableand board have been devised for the treatmentof children. The principle upon which this method is basedmight be stated as follows: Both lymphatic andembryonic tissues are more easily destroyed bythe x-ray than any other living cell. The tonsilconsists mainly of lymph tissue. The small fibroidtonsil so commonly associated with rheumatismcontains lymph follicles, the greater part of whichis embryonic tissue as evidenced by the mitoticfigures. The embryonic tissue in the follicles ofthe large lymph tonsil is considerably less than isfound in the fibroid tonsil. The rem

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