Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-12
.|NVAL LIABLE IN
MEDICINE AND
SURGE RAY
Wonder of twentieth Gen.
fury, Court of Last Resort
in Pulmonary Troubles;
Detects Weak Spots.

Detects weak spots.
What an important part the
X-ray, that marvel of twentieth
century invention, plays in the
of disease in general and
of tuberculosis in particular, is
little realized by the public at
large. The X-rav IS on infallible
test where even the practiced ear
of the cliniCian or diagnostiCian
cannot detect sounds in the lungs.
Its use, therefore, has greatly in
creased in Albuquerque.
The E-ray is not a photograph
as is commonly supposed. 1t is a
recording of gradatlons of density
on film, gradations of density of
the body or of any substance.
Naturally it requires a great deal
of experience with the X-ray as
well as anatomical knowledge, to
properly interpret N-ray pictures.
Experience with X-ray pictures
trains the doctor to recognize eX-
actly how every portion of the
anatomy registers in health and ill
ness, how certain fluids show up on
the film, and what density different
degrees of irritation and inflamma-
ton attain. The accomplished
X-ray specialist can tell in mo-
ment what is scar tissue, and the
extent of fluid in the lungs OF
pleura.
The most accurate of diagnosis
clans prefer to have their diagno-
ses corroborated often by the X-ray
although there are conditions
whore operations are necessary
which the X-ray will not assist ii
revealing, and where it will show
nothing, while the surgeons knife
will discover the condition which
was attested to by the symptoms.
Tuberculosis Detected.
The army made wide use o.
the X-ray. After a thorough physi
cal examination the soldier was
gone over with the N-raY, which
proved up the condition of his
lungs. A small amount of flui(
which could be easily overlooked
in clinical examination is shown
easily. The clinical diagnosticiar
might miss many of the sounds o,
which the condition causing then
would be caught. If the genera
public understood the value of thi'
kind of work they would be more
eager to take advantage of it.
Locating foreign bodies which
have worked themselves into Tho
flesh is well-knoWn use of the
big machine. A needle upon which
one stepped as a child, and Whict
is causing some pain, bullet
safety pins that We're swallowed
displacements of the bones, and 81
on. From the point of view Of th'
N-ray lead is the densest thing e
register.
To look at a photographs of
pair of ribs. varying in shades o
gray, with light or dark areas dlt
fertng, and hear the doctor dag
nose from it the extent state of tn
owners lungs is a weird thing
This light area here shows tina
there was a marked Inflammation,
he will tell you, land the aneurisn
in this film has pushed the lung Il
one side. That is the liver on on
side which always pushes up TN
lungs on the right, and the hear
on the left
Small Cancers Cured.
Gall stones and certain bran
tumoTs are difficult to diagnose b!
means of the ray, but small tumor
ana cancers can not only be LOCATED
but absolutely cured by H-ray |
taken in time the newly tormln'
cells can be absolutely Killed; TIT
newer they are the easier to de
stroy, as they are not so tough.
The value OF the ray for teeth /
well known, Many obscure i'll
have been cured by attention It
the teeth and their condition can b
absolutely ascertained by an N-ray
Any deWtalized tooth Is apt to nav
an abcess at the root. The nerve l
gone, and although the patient ma,
not know it there is apt to be pus
| there. Nerves do not always hav'
to he eNtricated, they may die
natural death.
To be photographed the patien
is placed on the table, a highl,