Identifier: americanjournroen09ameruoft (find matches)
Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e of theing in the lead-foilextending over an area 2 inches widefrom just above the external auditorymeatus down to the hyoid bone. In the treatment of goiter the samefactors are used with an area of exposureextending from just above the external • Ri id at the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of The American Roentgen Ray Society, Washington, D. C. SeptemberJ7-30. 1 -J -• 1 - 54 The Dosage and Technique in the X-Ray Treatment of Goiter, etc. 515 auditory meatus down to the lower level ofthe thyroid gland and transversely to thecenter of the middle lobe. As in the treat-ment of tonsils, each side is exposed forfour minutes, thus giving crossfire treat-ment to the gland and at the same timeincluding the tonsils and adenoids. An number of treatments varies in these casesand is regulated by the basal metabolismdeterminations. The same dosage and technique may beused in the treatment of tuberculous glandsof the neck. The area of exposure includesnot only the tuberculous glands but also the
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Fig. i. examination of the throat in these casesof exophthalmic goiter almost invariablyreveals chronic infection of the mucousmembrane and tonsils. It is thereforeessential that the infected tonsil andmucous membrane should be included inthe area exposed in order to rid the patientof an infection which may be indirectlythe cause of the toxic symptoms. The tonsils and adenoids, for the reason that itis more than probable that the primaryfocus of infection is, or was, in the tonsil.The x-ray effect on the follicles and cryptsof the infratonsillar nodule and the folli-cles throughout the mucous membrane ofthe pharynx is similar to that produced onthe tonsillar tissue, namely, atrophy dueto the destruction or absorption of the j\() The Dosage and Technique in the X-Ray Treatment of Goiter, etc. immature lymphatic cells in the follicles,thus lessening the depth and distortionof the crypt and at the same time causingan eversion and evacuation of its contents.In 30 out of 36 cases, hemolyti

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