DERMATOLOGY

Would seem as if there was no advantage without its corresponding (Wback, and while the utility of the X-rays is now conceded, and th.eir application includes daily wider areas, the accidents connected ^'ith their employment become better known. Oudin, Bartlielemy, and ?^arier have in a series of articles, based on the particulars of fifty cases, greeted attention to these (France mfcl., Paris, 1898, .Nos. 0 I4 V^se include, speaking generally, oedema, cyanosis hyperkeratosis, ?ll?pecia, etc. Some are traceable to inexperience in the use of, some tcl ignorance in presence of, a new power. Warned by the misfortunes ?thers, they have tried to avoid such by great caution, by placing the tubes at a distance of 15 to 20 cms. from the body, and by not employes an electric intensity of more than 6 to 8 amperes. e in cases