Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-12-24 | Page 9 | Meeting of X-Ray Men

MEETING OF HAY MEN I If I Dr Root Speaks of Gather I ing in Chicago OVER 300 WORKERS THERE Interesting Papers Read Before XRay Society Value of the Hays in Surgery Tuberculosis Tu-berculosis as Antiseptic Etc Chicago Doctors Use Method Dr E F Root la back from Chicago where he has been attending the meeting meet-ing of tho Xray society of the United States and many Interesting clinics Them The-m etlng of the society was attended by about 300 Xray worktra < from all over America It was IL very conservative gathering and while the papers pre djcted great progress In the ufie of the ray they recognized the limitations that now exist I CURATIVE PROPERTIES It was generally claimed said Dr Root Umt lupus and other skin diseases yielded to the ray and Dr Marsh of Troy N Y reported that a cancer taken In Its early stagew hud disappeared disap-peared under the treatment Dr J 13 Murphy one of the great Chicago surgeons sur-geons recommended the use of the rays for tuberculosis Its use after opera tlonc for antiseptic purposes Is also I commended by the authorities USE IN SURGERY It was stated at the meeting that In the German hospital at Philadelphia almost al-most every case that comes In Is subjected sub-jected j to the rays and a complete record rec-ord kept The benefits are very apparent ap-parent and the result has been a great Increase In the amount of surgical treatment Dislocations and fractures have frequently been discovered where none have been suggested without the marvMoup discovery of Roentgen Important I Im-portant errors Ip I diagnosis are also corrected r cor-rected by this means USING LORENZ METHODS Dr Root says that a great many doctor doc-tor In Chicago are successfully practicing prac-ticing the Loren method of reducing congcnltol dislocations of the hip One of the most surprising operations lit eaw while he wis away vas by Pi A J Ochsner who removed a I la I cl bone from the ankle Joint IT w I the leg above the joint with vorfe Incision cutting the nerves and tendons After removIng the diseased bone he reunited the tendons and nerves and nut the ankle In a plaster cast to terrain for sK months Dr Root woe away for three weeks and enJ6yod nyery I minute of his trip