The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
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too late AS in the case of hfs two colleagues despite all attention, the disease has been progressive. Decom- position of several of the nails oc- cured, and two of them had to be re- moved. The condition of his fingers has steadily gone from bad to worse. and at the present time he has two fingers on the left hand badly ulcerat- ed, and for thirteen weeks has been unable to use his hand. These ulcers partially healed up, but the recent cold weather caused them to break out again f. aasS5e .Ca-.h
 grapher at the London Hospital. said: T came into the department owing to It's growth, to work with Mir. Har- mack The screening work was ex- tremely heavy. and consequently my hands were always exposed. After about two years abscesses began to form under several of my finger-nails and the typical mottled appearance with acute inflammation, now known as K-ray dermatitis manifested Itself.
 I'll underwent operations on both hands. but the benefit of the treatment was only temporary. as later the bone of the middle finger of my right hand showed marked signs of disease. After enduring great pain this was removed to the third joint by MT. - Jonathan
 
 Recently several ulcers and decom- posed finger r-nails have entirely in- capacitated me. and I have been un- able to resume my duties since Novem- ber"
 Mir F. w Read was employed in the electrical department of the Medical Supply Association, Gray's Inn-road. He Is now in the MiddIesex Hospital for operation. He said: T have been employed for eleven years in the x-ray process, beginning with the firm of Fl. W. c. one of the pioneers of X-ray process in England"
 My present burn Is. roughly, eight year sold. Hall Edwards, whose hands were at the time affected. prescribed for me. The worst of the injuries were received while giving public demon strations of the work. The first symptoms were a violent inflamma- ton. and the appearance of a blister which grew rapidly In size. The burn was on the back of the right hand. My left hand has since become affect ed. The pain is intense
 "A fellow apprentice of mine, named Alfred Abbot, was terribly af- fected by X-ray burns. His fingers split in several places; and in clean ing one of the mercury tubes of the apparatus he contracted blood-poison- ing. and died within few hours"
 An exceedingly bad case is that of William Milliar. experimental glass blower to MT. A c. Cossar (also a suf- ferer). of Farringdon-roa MT. Mil- liar. whose right hand presents a ter rible appearance, was one of the first to make x-ray tubes. Consequently, to get the correct degree of exhaus- ton, he was continually exposing his right hand to the fluorescent screen. The skin of the hand became much !. reddened and inflamed. Ulcers broke out. and the bone of the middle finger almost to the wrist. became diseased
 He tried all sorts of remedies unti, three and a half years ago. when Dr. Pearce Gould removed the finger with the bone almost to the wrist. The ulcers were skin-grafted from skin taken off his arm. and subsequently, healed. Shortly afterwards four or five small ulcers broke out in other parts of the hand, and eighteen months after the first operation these were grafted, and have not broken down up to the present. though the whole of the gratis are still causing a great amount Of anxiety.