The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-21
Expert Says Reputable Practi-
TONERS Should Use This x
Treatment.
TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS
Bad Teeth Help to Cause Epi-
lepsy-Address OF Welcome
Made.

anu Hiaoe part OF the routine prac-
tise of every X-ray practitioner, ac-
cording to Dr. Clarence e Skinner. OF
New Haven. who read the second pa
| per at the opening session yesterday
/ of the American Roentgen RAY So
| ciety. now in annual session at the
jefferson Hotel. The reputation OF the
%-ray for efficacy in the treotment Of
cancer, stated the New Haven doctor
has suffered because OF the large mum
I Der OF irresponsible men who are in
a highly unscientigc manner making
+. use of this new agency. He advocat-
! ed q wider use OF the rays in conncc-
ton with the treatment of cancerous
tumors-especiany its employment as
a post-operattve. precautionary meas
ure. He adduced numerous cases which
| have come under his experience inl
which the Roentgen rays have been
, employed with remarkable curative
| effects, and made out n strong case forl
| their use.
round table discussion of the pa
per followed, and was led by DR.
George E. Pfahler. of Philadelphia
For the most part It Endorsed the posi-
| ton taken by DR.. Skinner and brought
| to the attention of the convention
numeroua other cases tending TO sup
port the Connecticut specialist
Five other Addresses.
! frst day of the convention. The meet.
| ing was formally opened at $3.50 A. NJ
| with an executive session lasting two
! hours devoted to the consideration OF
/ reports from various officers and com
mittees The first address OF the morn
| ing session was delivered by DR.. James
| w. Hunter, Jr.. of Norfolk. on Tine
Roentgen Rays in Hypertrophied Pro-
| state-A Therapeutic Study.
! II was an able treatment OF SUP
; lee, holding a good deal of interest
i for the medical profession, but too
| studded with technical terms ana oth
| erwise too esoteric to appeal reaniiy
| to the lay mind. This criticism, 1t must
be admitted. is applicable TO every one
~ Yesterdays addresses. and is not the
peculiar property of DR.. Hunters paper.
Discussion which followed was inau-
ra ted by DR.. George C. Johnson. OF
Pittsburs.
Mechanical DinEnonis. 4
THE tendency nowadays OF the best
physicians everywhere declared Di.
Arthur Holding, of PittsburE, in ths
discussion which followed his address
on LESSONS Presenting in Alleged Neu-
rasthenia." lis TO rely more and more
on mechanical diagnosis. There was
time when the physician relied solely
upon his five inaccurate senses for the
Interpretation of the malady with
which he was confronted. There fol
lowed in rapid succession the thermom-
eter, the miscropscope. the Roentsen
rays and the blood pressure machine.
until now the trained specialist has
come to rely almost entirely upon
these agencies for accurate diagonses.
No physician can afford TO overlook
the Importance of these Inventions.
which are ready to his hand and which
offer accuracy, where the old method
offers little more than conjecture. D.
agnosis Is no longer matter of opin-
ion-it has become a matter OF fact.
DR.. Holdings paper was illustrator
with stereopticon slides showing
X-ray photographs OF different mem
bers OF the human body which, because
OF their diseased or Injured condition,
had given rise to irritation with the
resuit that the patient developed symp-
toms Indicating the presence of neu-
rasthenia. The speaker showed that
many cases OF alleged neurasthenia
were, by means OF the Roentgen ma
chine. easNy proved TO be temporary
ailments induced by LESSONS. The paper
was discussed by DR.. E. H. Skinner OF
Kansas City, and number of other
delegates.
Bud Teeth and Epilepsy.
The fifth paper of the day was read
by DR.. Henry X. Pancoast of the med
ical faculty OF, the University of Penn
sylvania. The full title of his subject
was The Importance of Dental De
fects as a Factor in the Etiology VI
Idiopa thic Epilepsy" The lecture was
illustrated with stereopticon plates.
Citing from numerous cases which had
come under his treatment. the eminent
Pennsylvania physician offered II as
his opinion that dental defects of many
kinds are directly responsible for many
cases of epilepsy. II
Il don't want TO be understood as
saying that dental defects are the
cause OF epilepsy. but do want to say
that it is a cause" said DR.. Pancoast.
replying to an objection raised by one
of the delegates to what he understood
as too sweeping a statement. II am
firmly convinced of this because I'm
numerous instances. when the dental
difficulty was removed, the epilepsy dis
appeared" His theory was ably sup
ported by the delegates who partici-
pated in the discussion which followed,
most OF them giving instances from
their own practice lending weight to
the contention.
The other two addresses OF the day
were delivered by DR., Russell II BosgS
of Pittsburg. and by Dr. Sidney Lange.
of Cincinnati
RoentSen- Cinem atosrnphy.
DR.. LANCE was to nave accompanied
his lecture with demonstration in
Roentgen -cinematography, or the NOV
Ing picture process applied to radi-
ography. The exhibition WAS looked
forward to with keen interest by the II
delegates. and disappointment was felt
that DR.. LANCE found It impossible to
fulfill that part of the program Be-
cause Of la Dor troubles in London. he
stated, the delivery Of the special
films required was delayed until Il was
too late to prepare them for use ut this
meeting. lie discussed in brief the
difficulties met with In getting salts
factory lenses and illumination for tho
manufacture of films by the radio
graphic process and the progress that
has been made to date in this branch
Of cnematography in Europe. The