Identifier: americanxrayjour9101unse (find matches)
Title: American X-ray journal
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: St. Louis : American X-Ray Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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find a preliminaryreport of twelve cases of rodent ulcertreated by Dr. James H. Sequira, ofLondon. A patient was sent to him forthe Finsen Treatment, but not beingable to stand the pressure of the appa-ratus, treatment was begun by the x-rays, August 9, 1900. The ulcer had been in progress eightyears, had been operated on four times,and four years ago had been deemedunfit for further operation. The ulcerextended from the posterior surface ofthe auricle to within a short distance ofthe external occipital protuberance. Atthe junction of the scalp with the pos-terior aspect of the ear, the ulcerationwas very deep, and the ear itself wasinvaded, so that there appeared to beevery probability of these parts sepa-rating should the disease extend further.Microscopical examination proved it tobe rodent ulcer. At the end of one weekthe discharge was less, and the ulcercleaner and somewhat shallower. Atthe end of thirteen weeks the ulcer waspractically healed. His second case was a rodent ulcer
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involving the inner canthus of the righteye, and part of the nose and cheek.This was completely healed in about twomonths, and at the time of the report,two months later, the scar was perfectlysound. Of the twelve cases treated bySequira, eight were still under treat-ment, and four under observation, theulcer having been entirely healed. Thetreatment consisted of daily exposures often minutes each, with the tube at a THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 983 distance of 15 cm. from the ulcer, witha 10-inch coil, and a current of 3-4 am-peres. Dr. Stenbeck, of Stockholm (1) re-ports a case upon which he began treat-ment September 15, 1900. His case re-quired thirty-five daily sittings, of tenminutes each, at a distance of 10 c. m.The scar was still healthy one monthafter treatment. In the Boston Medical and SurgicalJournal of January 17, 1901, Dr. Wil-liams expresses himself favorable to thisform of treatment of cancer, and reportsimprovement in cases under his care. Dr. Andrew Clark reports in

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