Radiography and the 'X' rays in practice and theory : with constructional manipulatory details / by S.R. Bottone ; with 47 illustrations.

Bottone, Selimo Romeo

Date:: 1898

Credit: Radiography and the 'X' rays in practice and theory : with constructional manipulatory details / by S.R. Bottone ; with 47 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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$he will adjust the Crookes' tube on its support, so that the tul)t' staiuls at about 4h in. or 5 in. from the level of the table. II(> must carefully adjust the tube so that the platinum Ibit points downwards at an aiiKleof 45^, as shown in li«;. 2\). ]W this means the cat bode rays are refbH'ted downwards on to the plate contained in the bag ; and care nnist be taken to place the bag in such a position that it shall rec(;ive erpially over its surface the canary-coloured rays rellected downwards fr(^m the Fig. 29.—Aiiuangement of ArpARAXus. platinum flat. Having thus adjusted the relative position of the sensitive plate and the Crookes' tube, the operator next proceeds to feel with his flnger the exact position occupied by the plate in the bag. Having selected an object to be radiographed, say for example a dead mouse, he will arrange this so that it may be contained in the area occupied by the plate, placing the limbs, head, &c., in such a position upon the black bag as to be within the limits of the plate. He will now proceed to turn the handle of the Wimshurst (which has.$