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THE AMERICAN MONTHLY 



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flesh with the view to their easy and speediest removal. 

 We have already shown in this periodical the bones of 

 the hand of an Egyptian Mummy, radiographed through 

 the wrappings, flesh, etc., the structure being exhibited 

 beautifully. Herewith is a radiograph of a fracture of 



the Olecranon process of the elbow, and a radiograph of 

 the human hand will appear as frontispiece next issue. 



Great difiiculty was experienced in the early days in 

 penetrating deep structure; and radiographing ribs, ver- 

 tebrse, etc., presented considerable difficulties, but as the 



