Morten and Free hurried down the companionway to the lounge. Arlee had unfastened the restraints but she continued to lie on the couch, her face twisted in pain as she attempted to rise.
“It’s my back. I think it was wrenched in the landing. Are both of you all right?”
“We’re o.k.,” said Morten. “Let me get the first aid kit. A contact X-ray will show if there is any dislocation.”
Painfully, she turned over, Morten and Free helping her. From the first aid kit Morten took a roll of packaged film and pressed it carefully along Arlee’s back. Then he pulled the red cord that released the self illumination of the pack. The internally generated X-radiation penetrated the flesh and bones, reflecting according to the density of the tissue and providing an accurate X-ray pattern.
Morten picked
