Radium Volume 8 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...iliac arteries--a procedure that may be quite difficult in some cases--and the prolonged exposure of the patient to the slow desiccation of the tissues. This method must, therefore, be regarded as on trial, and it is to be hoped that its enthusiastic sponsor will publish a full account of cases up to date. We should know the mortality percentage and the degree of morbidity following the operation in order fairly to estimate its full value. Because of the fact that a sufficient quantity of radium was at our disposal at the University Hospital, we have followed this line of treatment almost exclusively, and we have had, therefore, but a limited experience with the desiccating method. Under the best of clinical conditions, we are forced to throw into the surgical discard by far the largest proportion of cancer cases registered in our clinics. If we are still holding a very conservative opinion as to the final results following the Percy method, what, it may be asked, is our attitude toward the Roentgen ray treatment and the use of radio-active substances? In thi country the X-ray has not had sufficient trial to give it a place of even tentative value. To Bumm's Clinic, from which very favorable preliminary reports were issued, we looked for an elaboration of technic that would serve as a standard for comparison with radium and mesothorium. The Great War has, however, put an end to all investigation in the gynaecologic clinics of Germany, and it is only from the hospitals of the continent, where there is an abundance of material and also a willingness to risk much, so far as individual patients are concerned, to work out a theoretic principle, that we may expect authentic reports of hazardous novel procedures. The roentgenologist cannot be depended upon for con...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...iliac arteries--a procedure that may be quite difficult in some cases--and the prolonged exposure of the patient to the slow desiccation of the tissues. This method must, therefore, be regarded as on trial, and it is to be hoped that its enthusiastic sponsor will publish a full account of cases up to date. We should know the mortality percentage and the degree of morbidity following the operation in order fairly to estimate its full value. Because of the fact that a sufficient quantity of radium was at our disposal at the University Hospital, we have followed this line of treatment almost exclusively, and we have had, therefore, but a limited experience with the desiccating method. Under the best of clinical conditions, we are forced to throw into the surgical discard by far the largest proportion of cancer cases registered in our clinics. If we are still holding a very conservative opinion as to the final results following the Percy method, what, it may be asked, is our attitude toward the Roentgen ray treatment and the use of radio-active substances? In thi country the X-ray has not had sufficient trial to give it a place of even tentative value. To Bumm's Clinic, from which very favorable preliminary reports were issued, we looked for an elaboration of technic that would serve as a standard for comparison with radium and mesothorium. The Great War has, however, put an end to all investigation in the gynaecologic clinics of Germany, and it is only from the hospitals of the continent, where there is an abundance of material and also a willingness to risk much, so far as individual patients are concerned, to work out a theoretic principle, that we may expect authentic reports of hazardous novel procedures. The roentgenologist cannot be depended upon for con...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

Release date

May 2012

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First published

May 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

50

ISBN-13

978-1-231-08925-5

Barcode

9781231089255

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1-231-08925-3



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