The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14734626546)

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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: Internet Archive
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istal). In regard to age, the bone lesions areusually observed in persons with a historyof smallpox during early childhood, but thedeformity may follow variola contractedat any time before the complete ossifica-tion of the bones. The greatest age atwhich such a complication of variola hasbeen observed was fourteen years, in a boy. The fact that practically no mention ofbone-deforming lesions as a complication ofvariola is found in current literature shouldmake one \ery cautious not to interpretcoincidence as cause and effect. The tactthat the masses of the Filipino people areundernourished and underdeveloped as aresult of starvation and metabolism incon-gruities adds to the difilculty of definiteconclusions in interpreting the etiology ofchronic bone-deforming lesions contractedduring childhood. Both scurvy and rickets are much lessfrequently encountered in Manila than OENTGEN Ray Society. Los Angeles. Calif.. September 12-16, 1922. 36 The Bone Lesions of Smallpox with Report of Cases
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Fig. I. Lateral view of both ankles.