The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-08

one of the most interesting pieces
 apparatus at the X-Ray clinic of he City DiSpenSary is the horoscope Physicians and attendants are using
 constantly to definitely find the ause of a great many of stomach Elments In order that an X-Ray Ectnre of the stomach may be taken
 preuSratiOn must be given to make sa organs of the stomach opaque Eot so with the fiuoroscope- By 1ereIy turning on the powerful rays Ind by running the screen up and kown before the body of the patients II the internal organs of the body Ere brought into view. So if you have kny timer secrets keep away from he Horoscope.
 Many notable cures have been
 chieved by Bridgeport physicians
 fth the aid and through the medium f the dispensary X-Ray clinic. Most notable of them all is the case of [ertain woman who suffered a cyst of he right wrist. Some months pre- Eious to the forming of the cyst the woman injured her wrist, thought
 othing of it and failed to have it
 Intended to by a doctor. After some months 8 decaying set in and finally he was obliged to apply at the Elmer Eency hospital. which clinic in turn .ecomme her to the X-Ray room where a picture of the injured arm eas talon.
 Upon development it was found that he wrist bone had decayed and noth- Ing short of a. surgical miracle could save it from amputation. A noted fBridgeport surgeon was called and he decided upon an operation. With Ehe aid of the X-Ray picture he re- moved the decayed bone, scraped the adjoining bones and took a part of xthe wounan's shin bone and grafted it ] lonto her arm- Previous to the oper- ation the woman was unable to use the arm at all but now she is able EL r.
 A picture of the arm will be taken
 bon so that the case may be brought the gathering of physicians at the Estate Medical Associations conven- ton to be held here next wetk.
 Through the medium hundreds of tuberculosis cases have been nipped in the bud and the patients who otherwise would have died lingering Gdeaths from the sickness have been kcured by having prescribed for them Riroper treatment. Case after case
 omes to the clinic and the tubercu-
 bsis germs can be seen plainly on
 he plates at their destructive work.
 Many cases of Rickett'sn disease,
 revalent mostly among children,
 ave been caught by the never-failing Yeye of the X-Ray and by being given medicine, chiefly lime water. the {bones have been made strong and {otherwise would have been cripples l for life have been made to walk
 Recently a boy came in with a live cent piece in his troat. The Enickle was in such a position that fthe boy could neither swallow 1t nor Scough it up. The plate showed ex- hctly where the coin was located and h surgeon with the aid of a pair Of forceps removed the offending piece bf change. Not long ago a machinist fame to the division complaining that he tips of his fingers pained him to such extent that he was unable to Sleep nights. A picture was taken which showed that chips of steel were n the tips of his fingers, deep under he skin. Again a surgeon was call Fd in and with the picture as a guide femoved the pieces of metal which paused so much trouble.
 Hundreds of such cases come to the .httcntion of the two attendants of the kclinic. Joseph Vasinko Is the techni- fian of the department and he does host of the picture taking and de- Feloping. Miss Daisy ATplebee, the lady attendant. takes charge or records and care of patients and is herself an expert technician. She
 nd MT. Vasinko have both had many
 ears experience in XLRay work and Fne is as capable of taking charge as he other in any branch of the work. fBoth are greatly interested in the work and both are constantly doing tesearch work in the study of the &-Ray, which they state is still in its Sr fam