The application of the Röntgen rays in the medical and surgical departments of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow / by John Macintyre, M.B., C.M., F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S.

  • Macintyre, John.
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[1898]
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Credit: The application of the Röntgen rays in the medical and surgical departments of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow / by John Macintyre, M.B., C.M., F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of flat strips of glass covered and coated in the same way may be employed. By placing the tube outside I am able to get an image of the septum and other parts of the cavity of the nose on the fluorescent screen in the mouth. In the same way the roots of the teeth may be seen. If the surgeon desire to examine the parts below or above the jaws, he simply puts the Crookes’ tube below or above and passes the rays through Pic.. 12.—Method of Examining with Screen in Mouth, t, Crookes'tube; m, ordinary laryngeal mirror ; x, Rdntgen rays ; s, screen. the tissues. If he desire to examine the tissues externally that is to say, to pass the current through the neck, he places a small fluorescent screeu on one side and removes the Crookes’ tube to a suitable distance. By this means I have been able to demonstrate the presence of foreign bodies, and need hardly add they are more easily photographed. Tn Figure 13 \^ill be seen a stand designed by me, and made by Messrs. Baird & Tatlock, for holding Crookes’ tubes. It is six feet high, and has two non-conductimi arms on Accessories. ... ° ., . . , ° .. which rest the wires coming irom the coil. Its principle is simply that of the ordinary chemical stand, but I