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Excerpt from Radiography, Radium Therapeutics and Radium Therapy
The first edition of this book was completed soon after the outbreak of war. The reception accorded to the writer's first attempt at authorship has been a matter of considerable gratification. The valuable suggestions of kindly critics have led to the addition of much new matter in the present volumes, and have encouraged him to venture further afield in the most interesting of the new additions to the science of medicine. The sections dealing with the military Side of radiography and radio-therapeutics have been consider ably enlarged.
The revision oi the text under war conditions has not been easy owing to the urgent calls of work in connection with military duties, and the author claims the indulgence of his readers for any shortcomings in the present edition due to this cause. On the other hand, the unique Opportunities Offered by the vast amount of work dealt with have enabled him to add much new matter which may be helpful to other workers at the present time. The illustrations have been critically gone through and revised, and this has resulted in the addition of 24 plates and 150 illustrations in the text.
Wherever possible acknowledgment has been made in the text of the sources from which new matter has been Obtained, but I should like here to record my indebtedness to the work of A. E. Barclay on the Oesophagus and Stomach. In the instrumental part many valuable hints have been obtained from The Care and Management of Electrical Machinery, published by the Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Company Limited.
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