Word: roentgenogram
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...bilateral epicanthic folds. A slight fatty hump was noted at the nape of the neck. Both hands had simian creases. The left hand had four fingers (thumb and three fingers); a rudimentary sixth finger was attached to the right hand. The right foot showed a slight deformity. A roentgenogram taken after death showed eleven pair of thin ribs, absence of part of the sacrum, and dislocation of both hips...
...gives his patient a sip of barium sulphate in thick cream and a moment later has him rub his belly. This kneads the stomach and spreads the barium cream evenly into all the wrinkles, leaving their ridges bare and transparent to x-rays. The roentgenogram appears striped. Every deflected stripe indicates potentially serious trouble. Dr. Hampton now is trying to adapt the same method to showing the haustra, or tucks, of the colon which often churn up disease...
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