X | Rays
PRACTICAL X RAY WORK. By Frank T. Addyman, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., Member of the Roentgen Society of London; Radiographer to St. George’s Hospital; Demonstrator of Physics and Chemistry, and Teacher of Radiography in St. George’s Hospital Medical School. Demy 8vo. Twelve Plates from Photographs of X Ray Work. Fifty-two Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
Historical — Work leading up to the Discovery of the X Rays — The Discovery—Apparatus and its Management — Electrical Terms — Sources of Electricity — Induction Coils — Electrostatic Machines — Tubes — Air Pumps — Tube Holders and Stereoscopic Apparatus — Fluorescent Screens — Practical X Ray Work — Installations — Radioscopy — Radiography — X Rays in Dentistry — X Rays in Chemistry — X Rays in War — Index.
List of Plates.
Frontispiece — Congenital Dislocation of Hip-Joint. — I., Needle in Finger. — II., Needle in Foot. — III., Revolver Bullet in Calf and Leg. — IV., A Method of Localisation. — V., Stellate Fracture of Patella showing shadow of “Strapping”. — VI., Sarcoma. — VII., Six-weeks-old Injury to Elbow showing new Growth of Bone. — VIII., Old Fracture of Tibia and Fibula badly set. — IX., Heart Shadow. — X., Fractured Femur showing Grain of Splint. — XI., Barrell’s Method of Localisation.