New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-07
DIAGNOSIS WITH Y RAYS.
PICTURES TAKEN FOR MEDICAL AND sURdlcA9
PURPosEs-A NEW WORD COINED
COST OF APPARATUS


DR.. Henry W. CatteIl. Demonstration OF MorbS
Anatomy in the University OF Pennsylvania !"
The New-York Medical News.
The surgical Imagination can pleasuraoly lose y.
full process (Rontgen photography IL u oecom ,ss
eDsire body as clearly as they now penetrate the
hand the realm OF utility will be praetcay Dou no:
already been determined and the opacity Of sla ::
has led to the detection OF small pieces adnepsn.
may render the probe useless in gunshot wound3
except in rare cases. as when the bullet Is our ,s
lions (dislocations) from fractures Is now added n
the long list at our command ss.n,aon *
deformed peives in the living subject. OF spondys.
lsthesis Ia spinal malady) OF calcareous
est sroWh Of sonea this opens
tempting and promising field for practical orsiSs
"sk sis viii * convince the most doubling
My plates show a number OF objects which , ns'
p portion Of the small ot dead pe,.Ss
containing mucous and fecal matter In this nav. nav
The penny is markedly distinct. the lead Of ~, q:
pencil is plainly visible while the paint Sv OF tSs
Outline seen in '9Ss c ane The
ular gladstone can be seen The ps
in Of and IN Gdsr 70
seen nj in the figure Figure shows portion o.
fresh crIho LIVER one or p in had
inserted. Figure represents rib covered 0vis
In It's central portion With a section OF crtu,oSSS
liver tissue one centimere In thickness the pIsuS
Of the penknife in Figure was covered with ire;s
lung tissue two and thrce-quarter centimetres, -
thickness. 1t would seem that the closer the ooJ.v'
Is the plate. the more successful the expos. sv:
Hence II Is that some OF the objects which n nsss
been taken present an appearance not so ais.,r vs
as the others. Figure shows hand Win PoHx
dactylism and webbed fingers. Figure an ankyvsex
bone and Figure I a bullet and piece OF glass III
hand preserved In alcohol a,
Perfect ciearnees OF definition has not yet been az
tanned. II will be convenient TO coin me , MN
"skagraph" photograph" to characterize pcsuncS
produced by the X-rays and TO indicate az o hn.
their relationship to and their distinction from p''
tographs. s,.,,sA
by me the results OF preliminary experinmsus..si
They will be continued by the writer IN the pnys,s
laboratory OF the University OF PennSyysx ."oc
through the kindness and courtesy o. frolessrS ~
Goodspeed. to whom Is due the honor OF Denk ~:
first In Philadelphia to repeat Professor ftontse"n
experiments Is confidently hoped that me t t,on
exposure will be shortened and the penetrSsoee. sy
the rays increased. 1t will be comparatively s.s
to obtain pictures OF acromegaly. osteitis f.
equity deformities, rheumatod arthritis etc. .,cr
pecal attention will be given to the H h,
between organic and inorganic substances, a"s
tween those tissues In the human BODY WHO" ~
and those which do not. -. - ~.h.;'
The easy application Of R3ntgen's method o. 80 49,
Ing q picture q sensitzed plate renders ~ 81
at once possible In hospitals. The entire "a ca thi6
such an apparatus need not exceed !ov. sr nouSiJ
amount will shortly be materially diminished; M
less the scientific and commercial ingenu,y. All.
being focused on this process will! soon e and
vide themselves with the means OF seeing snto -. "
mysterious receases Of the body now eeeessex
~ M0Ane ef TIA knlSe..y