Hope

Excerpt

Though statistics on the subject are meager and contradictory, it seems likely that during the course of a day's work a radiologist comes upon as many sad surprises as any other doctor or any other man. This is partly due to the great range and depth of his medium and partly to its speed, which permits an observer to view vast panoramas in minutes without ever leaving his chair. Often he is cheered by what he sees, but on the whole the picture is a somber one, and from time to time an aging X-ray man may wonder if discovery