The development of roentgenography in the examination of the skull has been a great asset to the rhinologist in the diagnosis of disease of the accessory nasal sinuses. Before the possibilities of the use of the roentgen ray in surgery of the nose were discovered, it was necessary to diagnose these diseases entirely on the history of complaints and the objective clinical data.
The roentgen-ray examination of the accessory nasal sinuses is important and has a definite place in the diagnosis of diseases of these cavities, but there is a tendency among medical men to rely too much on this examination. More dependence should be placed on the clinical history and clinical signs elicited by a careful observation of the patient, and on the roentgen-ray examination used as an adjunct to these observations.
HISTORICAL
Prior to 1906, little progress was made in the development of the use of the roentgen