Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-03
X-RAY CONGRESS PROPOSED,
Great Progress in the Science-Inci-
pient Stages OF Consumption Are
Now an Open Book to Physicians.


Preparations are being made for the
holding of an N-ray congress for the put-
pose of exhibiting and comparing the re-
suits which have been effected during the
five years which have elapsed since the
famous discovery Of DR.. Roentgen wds
made. says the New Haven Register In
no fields have the beneficial results of the
discovery been more potent than In those
of medicine and surgery.
When the rays were first cxpcrimcntod
with it was found to be a comparatively
easy matter to pass them through solid
substances, such as wood and bone. ana
this at once established their permanent
value as an adjunct or ally to the practice
of surgery Sanguine Dractitioners induig
ed in the hope that some day vastly wild
or and more important field would he
made operative through the use OF tn" y
rays and that by utilizing them for throw
ing light into the soft tissues OF the BODY
deadly diseases might be discovered and
probably cured in their infancy
We have now arrived at n stage where
this Is done as easily as the bone was
penetrated half decade ago. Some of the
rays now claim TO be able to detect the OK
istence of certain diseases before the or
binary symptoms develop and before fheY
have passed that primary stage In whieh
they are easily combatble. Recent dag
noses with X-rays show that the various
f.dneys may be located. BY this means
the surgeon can tell exactly when TO
operate upon the kidneys.
Through the m tdium of X-rays the Incl
picnt stages Of consumption are no" an
open book. Il portrayal of the exact cohul-
tion Of the lungs being possible at amy
romcnt. Tho X-ravgraph will inst1st!F
show the cavity of the lung or space illod
with liquid and also an adhesion. II II
even claimed that the lupus has been d's-
troycd by direct and continued Application
of the rays.
In one of tho Partisan hospitals patient
was recently under treatment ana obS'r-
Nations for three months during which
time the lungs, which had hcen attacK"d
With lupus i'm several places, were rrSt"rci
to their normal condition and the raticnt
discharged as cured. During the Cnurc
Ioriod of the treatment the patiert : lungs
were under OBJ ervation. end the details Of
the experiment will make one of the most
iirt ortant reports at tho congress
Since the first Crookc and Getssor tunes
vast improvements have teen mndo. ana
those row in use leave little to be desired
rho pcrctrltivo power has increased W'th
the development of the tube. ana now Il
good picture Of the thickcst parts d thc
human body can be had with few min
utos exposure. The mere recent forms "t
tubes secure an AUTOMATICALLY at1uSt'l
vacuum by enclosing substanc" "hirh
NAY he vaporizcd by heat.
Tho now universal coil invented by Or.
Rollins gives sparks Of all lengths up TO
the maximum length of thirteen inches.
and tho horizontal glass tubes contain a
flultiplc spark gap By lIOpor adjustment
of these the right spark gap for the tub"
may be exactly obtained. The primary
coil is also made movable 50 that 1t may
tie slid in and out by the handle ard the
inductivc action made weaker or stron&tr'
as necessary.
Icrhaps in no direction has the Vlluc ~
the X-ravs been 50 practically Demon
stratod as in thr frld hospitals Of south
Africa The operating surgeons there are
one in testifying to the immense saving m
time and Suffering effected by the use ct
the N-rays.
I One of the latest developments in slrSi-
cal radiography comes from Canada. APP
raretus had been perfected by means OK
which tho combination of two photographs
viii show the location Of the object sought
at the intcrsnc tion of two lines drawn
through the body Of the patient but the
discovery of Dr. g. +. Grdwood, of McGt!l
university sirlplhes this system very
much. This Investigator has succeeded In
making Stnrccscopic rf diographs. W
c.uuSuros. one after the other, are taken
from points two ami enc half inches 7nnrt.
These points are exactly located, ana the
triic placed with eXactug IS in the positions
determined foi it. BY this means the two
c>vcsurcs are made exactly alike, ard The
plates are also d,VeloIcd rs precisely alik,
as Ooseihlo These platte, are particularly
valuable in tn case of dis-locatonS ard
fractures. as the sttrooscoIiC view sho" :
the precise location Of the disturDin.
fragment Of bone ana renders u an easy
task to make the setting with certainty. an
immense alvarez over old methods Out
Fl the peCuliaritics of these pictures is
that they are rcvcrsible looking at the