Abstract
Introduction A SATISFACTORY and complete study by the roentgen rays of a large number of young children for the purpose of establishing the presence of rickets in any of its various stages, presents great difficulties. The one valuable lesson learned by our experience in the cases included in this report is the imperative need of special apparatus, first-class accessories and highly trained assistants whose patience will stand the onslaught of unwilling and ofttimes incorrigible subjects. Having accomplished the work in a more or less satisfactory manner we are better prepared to take it up again when circumstances warrant, or to advise those who are about to begin. The roentgenogram is, of course, a highly satisfactory and unique record of specific bone lesions and by itself furnishes a tangible diagnosis in any stage of this disease. Indeed, it may and frequently does furnish the only basis for an opinion in incipient rickets. A satisfactory roentgenogram, which may require unusual effort and patience t...
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