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...their passage through the body. In making tests, patients have been required to swallow insoluble matter, such as small pieces of metal and charcoal or dye substances, which could be easily detected in the excretion. When the X-ray was discovered, barium sulphate, which is opaque to the Xray, was given, and the passage of the barium was observed through the fluoroscope. The giving of a large amount of indigestible material like barium with a small amount of milk or gruel, however, brings about conditions within the bowels which are hardly similar to the normal passage of food...
Almost every one knows that it is possible to introduce bismuth into the stomach and then, by use of the Xray, to obtain a photograph of the stomach's outlines. The method has become invaluable for the diagnosis of such conditions as ulcers of the stomach-wall. It has long been felt that valuable information could be had regarding the gall-bladder if some method could be found of introducing a substance into the gall-bladder which would make possible the photographing of its outline. Drs. Warren H. Cole and Evarts A. Graham of the Washington University Medical School...
...spite of the serious nature of the game last Saturday, injuries will interfere but little with the fighting strength of the squad during the week. Xray photographs have proved that Hill's injuries are not as severe as had been originally feared. McGlone is also improving rapidly and may be ready for action by Saturday. Although Hobson, Akers, and Hammond were all out of the lineup yesterday, it is understood that their injuries are not of a serious nature. The only two severe casualties are Merrill and Pantaleoni, both of whom are now at the Stillman Infirmary...