The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent : designed for the use of practitioners and students (1901)
Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 126
Method for photographing Spine. — It is uncomfortable for the patientto lie on a hard glass plate, and pressure or the moisture of perspira- METHODS OF EXAMINATION 95 tion may injure its surface; there is also the risk of breaking it to beconsidered, even when it is supported on a board ; but the… … for instance, is to be photographed, by simply supporting the plate onthe diaphragm, as shown in Fig. 72. In this way the plate is broughtinto close contact with the spine, the patient is comfortably supported THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY the canvas stretcher, and yet no moisture from…
Radiography · X-rays
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