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Title: Principles of electro-medicine, electrosurgery and radiology : a practical treatise for students and practitioners. With chapters on mechanical vibration and blood pressure technique
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Matijaca, Anthony
Subjects: Vibration Electrotherapeutics X-rays Blood pressure Electric Stimulation Therapy X-Ray Therapy Electrosurgery
Publisher: Butler, New Jersey Tangerine, Fl. New York City : Published by Benedict Lust
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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ce, relative to the character of the exposure and the suscepti-bility of the tissue to the overwhelming influence of the radiations. 122 Anthony Matijaca The cells of low vitality are more susceptible to the action of the X-raysthan normal cells (which have many times the resistance of diseasedcells). Due to this fact, the diseased cells are destroyed and eliminatedfrom the tissues, while the normal cells, being able to resist longer, afterdiscontinuance of the exposure revive to their normal condition. There-fore, it may be concluded, that if rays of a correct penetration are em-ployed, and the part is not overexposed, diseased tissue will be de-stroyed, and adjacent tissue will remain intact. Indications Radiotherapy increases leucocytosis and phagocytosis. It decidedlylessens hemorrhages and discharges, relieves pain, is of great value intreating post operative cases to prevent recurrence, and in all hopeless,inoperable cases by increasing the vitality, prolongs the life of the pa-
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Fig. 72—Portable X-ray coil. tient. Being able to cause disappearance of malignant masses, all casesof malignant disease should be given the benefit of any possible helpthat may be derived from it. In menorrhagia and myomata, it should be employed in any case inwhich operation seems inadvisable. In exophthalmic goitre, splenic leukaemia and pseudo-leukaemia, itis a valuable adjunct to other methods of treatment. It is a remedy par excellence in acne, alopecia areata, blastomycosis,cancer of soft internal organs, eczema, epithelioma, favus, hyperhidro-sis, hypertrichosis, keloid, lupus, pruritis, psoriasis, rodent ulcer, sar-coma, sycosis, trachoma, tuberculosis of the bones, etc. Method of Application Whenever using X-rays for therapeutic work, we must endeavor toget sufficient effect with the minimum risk of producing severe X-rayburns. Electro-Medicine, Electro-Surgery and Radiology 123 Tube.—It is absolutely necessary that the tube be of proper vacuum(penetration) to reach only

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