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Orthopedic Surgery Possible With This Modern Equipment t- ?*r j.inf mi: - r-twsi -w ^ The flexible operating table enables surgeons to perform operations on limbs that have to be maintained in certain positions. The table is portable and flexible. (Mountaineer Photo). X-Ray Discovery Opened Many Fields Of Diagnoses .A ? ? ? 1 ' : ' Whrn Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered (he X-ray in 1895. one of the greatest aids in diagnosis rapid!) became available to phy sicians throughout the world. The rays/called x-rays by their discoverer because of their un known nature, are now in every reputable hospital in the United States. An x-rav deportment equip ped lur diagnosis and treatment of disea-c' is almost as necessary to a<taUM ai today as: a laboratory. Also known as Itontgen rays, x rays are produced by the passage of electric rurrent through a spe cial vacuum tube. They possess the property of being able to pene trate thick bodies that are impene trable by light rays. X-ray 'give an image on a fluo r? I screen or photographic negative. Three types of rays were found as parts of the x-ray. Alpha, beta and gamma rays were discovered vithin five years of the initial dis overy of the x-ray. Rutherford found the alpha ray n 1899. Identified as helium atoms, hese rays can be stopped by a iheet of paper. The beta ray was discovered in he samp year by Giesel. Known is electrons, the beta ray was 'ound to be able to penetrate about lalf an inch of animal tissue. The gamma ray was found to; )e the strongest of them all. Rcc-! ignized by Villard in 1900, the! ?ay can pass through a foot of lead. | Biological effect on body tissues }y x-rays were noted by earlier nvestigators of the equipment, -hronlc and painful skin ulcers m the hands and other exposed ;arts appeared on the early experi lienters. Many of the x-ray users died )f recurring skin cancers before lie harmful effects of the rays were discovered. Today these harmful effects are guarded against bj screens of lead or glass rich In lead content. fome effects of x-rays on body ?issues brought good along with the' bad. Many satisfactory results were obtained by their use in treat ment of diseases. Favorable re sults have been found in treatment of sycosis, luous vulgaris, skin can cer and leukemia. Immediately after discovery, x ray came into use for the diag nosis of fractures and diseases of 'the bone. Many hospitals required the installation of equipment with in a short time after x-ray's dis covery. Later it was found that soft parts of the body could be distinguished from denser organs or bones. This made way for the inclusion of in ternal organ examinations in the growing field of x-raying. Examination of lungs opened still another large field in the study of the x-ray. Today x-rays ate a routine part of many clinic al examinations. They have de tected thousands of symptomless i cases of tuberculosis through the i years. Diagnbsis of vertebral variations has added the x-ray to methods of examination. Medical knowledge in the field has been greatly fur thered by giving physicians some thing a little tnore tangible with which to work. The field of dentistry increased the $eld of the x-ray still more. X-raying of the teeth began with the work of W. Koenig in Ger many in 1896 and W. J. Morton's article in Dental Cosmos in the same year. At first it was concerned only with the failure of teeth to erupt. The rays were utilized in other diagnoses shortly afterwards. Obstretrical diagnosis employed x-rays as early as 1896, records show. Applications of Rontgen's dis covery in the last part of the 19th century were remarkable. Al- ] though the developments in the present century have been less spectacular, it has been very ad vantageous to the patient in diag- J nosis and treatment. Improvements in x-rays have necessitated specialization in sep arate body fields. This caused by the discovery of more uses with improved machines. Advances in the field have oc curred so rapidly that it has some times been difficult to supply a suf ficient. well-trained staff or to in vestigate the new improvements in a proper, scientific manner. Farragut's Ship Rots NORFOLK. Va. (AP) ? A tired old ladv droops in her berth here while congress bonders whether it should give her an expensive pre scription that would prolong her life. The old lady is the once proud USS Hartford on whose decks Admiral Farragut in his battle with the Confederates ' in-Mobile Bay yelled: "Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead." A bill has heen introduced In the House of Representatives to restore the old lady and send her to Mobile as an historic relic. The Navy estimates more than a million dollars would be required to re store her. Meanwhile she Is slowly rot ting away in her berth at the St. Helena Annex of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Many food experts recommend that adults consume at least one pint of milk a day. Noah NumskmlI SIM JUST FOUOWIN6 3 msTgucnortS - J) EAR NOAM - IF^VOU READ A SISN THAT SAID ?WET PAINT" WOULD TfaO "THROW WATER OH IT ? MRS. K.M. POLIUS -TOLEDO , OHIO pgAR NOAH ?- IS IT IMPROPER TO WEAR A T- SHIRT ON A COFFee PLANTATION ? ? J FILLER, Best Wishes On Your Anniversary and Expansion Program j WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU WITH MUCH OF YOUR FOOD . - WE SERVE INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRIES i * I Institution Wholesale Co. 312 Southside Avenue Asheville, N. C. Fear Of Cancer Causes Deaths A Boston expert has blasted scare tactics often used to call at tention to the danger from cancer. Harping on the cancer death rat'e too frequently products the opposite effect from that intended, said Dr. Samuel F. Marshall, sur geon at Boston's Lahey clinic. Fear propaganda may make the victim think his case is hopeless i and cause him to delay steing a doctor until It really is too late. I | Dr. Marshall explained. "Cancer is not so dreadful as people think." Dr. Marshall said. When the disease is diagnosed in the early stage, surgery (cutting out of the diseased part) can be' carried out with very low risk and very hopeful outlook, even in aged people." Dr. Marshall was moderator at a discussion on surgical lesions of the stomach during the South eastern conference .by the Ameri can College of Surgeons. Ulcers and cancer are the two chief stomach lesions treated by surgery, he said. Treatment of stomach cancer was emphasized, since this is the form of cancer most deadly to men. One-Man Riot ? F0L90M PRISON. Calif. <AP> ?Nineteen convicts recently were disciplined for breaking up wash bowls and setting their bedding a fire. One prisoner refused to join the riot and, as a reward, was moved to a quieter cell. He promptly smashed his toilet bowl and fired his bedding. Ward en Robert A. Helnze said he did not know why. ' Entrance To The Hospital ~ ATI T? ?Erasa. 1^525, HAYWOOD JSSTga ?J COUNTY HOSPITAL This is the familiar entrance, which has been used for the ;entire 25 years the institution has been built. No changes were made dur ing the modernization program to the entrance, except for a re painting job. ?Mountaineer Photo). 6.000 Hospital In United St? tW?? there are mu| * t^m-^presen, ? $6,500,000 000 1 1 Hospital faeiiitje, lhls* exI'oi la,, y<sr. w?. Atom three mil!lttn ^ boin in hospital. Tt*J every four babies bo??* ted States were bor? u Nearly 4ii,,nm treated in out-pw^J . . paUtnl stayed^ an average of g;, . years ago he would ha'v * 13 or more days Old Charitable MIDDLETON K 1 ID 'Z K770VWS- ? which Rhode Islanders to America's oldest. e 5tu," its profits for the reJ poor and the educations. When John Clarke J ministei, died in nj-g T provided that his farms' ton were to be held in tr, profits from them were to "for the relief of th p<J bringing up of their chilfc learning from time tu m ever ..." The tiustees are still t cut John Clarke's wi-Vj. 1952. they gave ?0U to tig of a former nastoi. x5o, nine students, and ?3op ? bution by the Rev Wilhw pastor of the United Church, Joim Clarke M, of Newport. After taxes and expense of the farms ? now m $41,000 ?- y ields about J year. r~?11 ?_ take it from me - ? - I % .The Haywood County Hospital was mighty fine before the expansion program?Now it is even much better. I am proud of this institution# and know from experience the fine services rendered. fjimmti Ma+m Operator of Waynesville Art Gallery 1953 ? Our 20th Season In Waynesville
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