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Title: American X-ray journal
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: St. Louis : American X-Ray Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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ts, there willbe fewer bad result from such injuries. Fig. 7 represents the arm of a boy five years old, who slipped and fell with hisarm under him in the bath-tub. He criedthat his arm was hurting him, and hismother immediately took him to Dr.Banta, the family physician, who hasaccess to the x-rays. After a thoroughexamination without the use of the rays,he was unable to make a diagnosis, so askiagraph was made which distinctlyshowed an epiphyseal separation at thelower end of the humerus. The diagnosisbeing thus positively made, an anestheticwas given, the fragments placed in opposi-tion, and a dressing with a hard rubber,right-angle, gutter splint applied. Three days latter the father came to uswith the boy, saying that he had fallendown steps, and he was afraid the boneswere out of place again. To determine the condition of affairsanother skiagraph was made, with thesplint, cotton, and bandage in position.Sure enough, the epiphyseal fragment hadbeen forced backward as shown in the
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Fig. 7. Epiphyseal Separation at Lower Exd ofHumerus. accompanying skiagraph. Under an anes-thetic it was again replaced, and a peepthrough the fluoroscope was sufficient toshow that the fragment was in the proper 734 THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL- place. The arm made an uninterruptedrecovery. Fig. 8 shows an ununited fracture of thetibia. This patient came from Tennesseewith the following history: A horse hadfallen upon his leg, breaking it below theknee; his family physician dressed it forhim in plaster-of-Paris, and in three weeksremoved the dressing. He was very muchsurprised to find that no union had takenplace. It was now seven months since theaccident, and yet there was absolutely nounion. The x rays were turned on his leg,and a peep through the fluoroscope showed quired into by the patient and his friends,as it is well known that the rays do pro-duce a burn of the skin, and even extend-ing into the deeper structures if not prop-erly applied, and even then, with alt thecare possib

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