The herald., 1896-10-09
Notwithstanding
Another Large Throng in
Attendance
some OF The CASES examined
None of Them Were of General
Public Interest
WHAT WAS DEvELOPED
Today the Doctors Of the City viii Have
Show
Ample Preparations Made for the Accom-.
modatlon Of the Medicos
Examinations Will Be Made the Same
AS Usual-An Item Of Special inter-
est to Medical Men-What the
- X-Rays Can Do


70, x-Rays Can Do
"A large throng of afflicted, seeking re-
lief through the Herald's Free X-Ray
clinic was made welcome yesterday
morning.
Among the many examined the follow
ing will Indicate the general scope of
those suitable for publication, after COM
pliance with requests of all who ex-
pressed wish that their symptoms be
not published.
No cases Of startling public interest,
aside from those quoted below, how
ever, were disclosed yesterday.
No. 37-An adult male-Dislocated f1n-
ger joint; dislocation clearly shown.
No. Alan adult male-Ununited frac-
ture Of lower leg; fracture clearly To-
Gated and exactly defined by x-ray.
No. 2S-An adult male-Painful right
thumb, showing slight swelling; piece
Of glass found indistinctly visible en-
bedded In right thumb. Removal ad-
vised. 5C
No. 33-An adult woman-Swollen
middle finger; quite painful; infiamma-
tory condition Of the bone visible. Ad-
vised to consult her family physician at
once. 4
No. 24-An adult woman, aged 60
Dislocation of elbow Joint clearly shown.
Besides these, many others were ex-
amined, some of them similar cases,
others of more private character,
others whose suspicious of serious in
jury were discovered to be unfouKded,
and others who requested no publica-
tioIi.
Those found to have injuries of a ser
ious nature were generally advised to
consult their regular physicians at
once.
The usual number Of doctors were
present and invited to join in the exam
ination.
DR.. Cole was placed before the bulb
and a dozen of the smallest size Of bird
shot on the wrist joint became distinctly
visible through the bones
Today, doctors day, the apparatus will
be placed in another room. Examine
tions however, will continue to take
place in the same room as heretofore,
the patient being placed near the par
tition wall between the two, which will
cause no appreciable obstruction to the
light rays.
This move Is deemed advisable because
of the possibility of unintentional injury
to the costly apparatus If left unpro-
tected in the dark room filled with a
constantly changing throng.
In trying the tubes yesterday morn
ing preparatory to their regular work,
a hand bag was borrowed from a lady
present and its contents exposed by
the ray.
Doctor YoakuN spoke of button
hook visible in its interior and the owner
of the bag said there was none in it.
! "Why, yes. madam" he said, there
are a pair Of scissors, purse with a
goodly supply of money, pair of eye
glasses in THERE case and button
hook
They were all there she admitted, ex
cept the button hook. There Is no but
, ton hook there" and With that she
emptied the bag but no button hook.
This wouldn't do; here was skill. sci
ence, human ingenuity and the climax
of invention, Q machine that could de-
tect bird shot behind bones, being de-
fled by button hook in hand bag.
The doctor focused the bag again.
"You will find that button hook.
madam" he announced decisively, 'in
the inner side pocket of the bag"
Considerable merriment was caused
by her surprised. ejaculation as 1t was
extracted, i've been looking for that
button hook everywhere for two months
A patient arriving too late for the gen.
eral clinic was induced with much reluc-
tance to submit to a special diagnosis.
Impersonal description of case No. 16
to 1-Adult man Of male sex, Caucasian,
also white, externally and internally;
sane, very; local resident, newspaper
man. editor chief of the only and
best paper in Southern California.
Troublesome symptoms are gold mono
metallism at apex of pericardia and pro-
tective tariff in cerebellum, cerebrum,
meduIla oblongata and commercial af-
fairs; very painful and annoying at all
times throughout entire mental and ner-
vous organism.
Both evils complained of found to be
calcareous barnacle, like deposits upon
the body polite by the old regime and
incident to the general corruption and
in consequence Of extraneous growth of
(Republican) greed and audacity. Both
evils, however, appear to be preparing
to begin to slough off entirely within a
period Of twenty-six days.
Subjected to searchlight of science
half dozen small shot p!astered on
back Of hand showed throught its thick
est bones in a view in which bones and
tendons were all distinct
The neck showed the vertebra and
cords and no fish bones in the windpipe.
Strong lower Jaw explained in a measure
Dy success ana popularity as puDllc
speaker and the approximate cost of
dental surgery employed.
Back Of skull transparent view of front
Of skull taken. Entire contents visible
and carefully analyzed and tabulated.
Full description as follows: Smother
time, wait! This is too important mat
ter to announce without a formal con-
sultation where "Chimmy" and 'Tcher-
ry" and the boys who want to get even
may be called as experts. Professional
advice-Referred at once to family ply
: sician.
The next free public clinic will be to-
morrow, Saturday, October 10th, 9 to II
q. M, at Herald editorial rooms, East
Fourth street. Today will be devoted to
resident physicians from whom many
applications have been received.
An item of especial interest to physi-
clans and surgeons in connection with
x ray work follows, quoted from the
Medical Record of New York for Septem-
ber 10th, 1895:
"Drs Barthelemy, and .Oudin first gave
an historical review and presented pho
tographs of their own work, showing
the progress made during the few
. months since Roentgen's dicoveW.
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