The Role of X-Rays in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene: A Historical Assessment
While the use of x-rays to treat patients with gas gangrene ended in the early 1940's with the advent of antibiotics, x-ray had been widely accepted as a useful and highly effective treatment for this condition. The present paper re-assesses the historical foundations of this belief, the qualit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.12-016.Calabrese |