Identifier: archivesofphysic04ameruoft (find matches)
Title: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation American College of Radiology and Physiotherapy American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Radiological Society of North America
Subjects: Physical therapy
Publisher: (Chicago, etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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erpendicular wall,particularly if water phantoms are used.Figure 4 illustrates the authors owninstallation and is shown particularly toindicate those important things whichthe operator is able to observe fromone position. It may be well to callattention to the following: That fromone position the operator is able to ob-serve patient No. I by direct viewthrough leaded glass in door; that she observes patient No. 2 in a mirror whichreflects the image of patient No. 2through the panel of glass in partitionbetween the two treatment rooms; thatshe observes sphere gap, milliampere-meters and voltmeters, and that she ob-serves the target of the tube by reflec-tion and that this image of the tubepasses through a long piece of pipethrough the booth wall in order to pre-vent dispersion and scattered radiation;that both the operating and the twotreatment rooms have outside windowswhich give sufficient light and ventila-tion, addmg materially to the comfortand well being of patients and operator.
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Since in using this method we shiftthe patient rather than the tube, we haveattempted to solve the problem of shift-ing the patient in room No. 1 by theaid of a table in the construction ofwhich is used a double lift dental base,or rather the base used in dental chairs,which allows the tube to come within1 8 inches of the floor and has an I 8inch lift. This table is illustrated inFigures 4 and 5. The patient may beplaced on the table at a height of 1 8inches and then, with a long easy footpump, raised to the proper level for DEPARTMENT OF TECHNIQUE treatment. Allowing the patient to beplaced on the table in a low positiondoes away with the suggestion of climb-ing upon something high, from whichone may fall. In the case of patientNo. 2 a chair resembling the ordinarydental chair is employed, which also hasan I 8 inch lift and a head rest. Thischair and its uses are illustrated by Fig-ures 4 and 6. Cones of various sizes andlengths are employed and the chair andtable being situated on b

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