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MURRAY C. ZIMMERMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;76(6):788.

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In spite of therapeutic nihilism, most dermatologists use x-ray therapy. The majority use x-ray cones (1) to standardize target skin distance; (2) to limit laterally the areas treated; (3) to prevent inadvertent tubehead ``drift'' closer to the patient's skin and an inadvertent overdose of radiation; (4) to cut down on the scattered radiation inherent in all x-ray therapy.

Cones have the disadvantage of being expensive, heavy, fragile, and bulky to store.

The wall-hung cone holder described below has the following advantages: (1) instant, easy access to all cones; or denting; (3) storage without waste of floor or table space.

Materials required are the following:

One piece, finished 27x5x in., fir, spruce, or other semihard wood, edges and corners rounded

16 in. length, 1 in. diameter dowel, cut into: 8 in. length, 30 degree angle (for 20 cm. cone); 4 in. length, 15 degree angle (for 8 cm. cone); and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Whittier, Calif.

From the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 26, 1957.

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