Military surgeryJ. Churchill, 1863 - 255 pages |
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Page vii
... usually supplied . The difference would not , I believe , be grudged by the public , who would find their satisfaction in the more favorable results amongst the severer classes of cases of invalided wounded arriving at the depot ...
... usually supplied . The difference would not , I believe , be grudged by the public , who would find their satisfaction in the more favorable results amongst the severer classes of cases of invalided wounded arriving at the depot ...
Page 3
... usually opposite to each other when a ball traverses , but when it strikes a rib or the cranium it sometimes is deflected and runs under the skin , and makes its appearance on the opposite side , without wounding any of the important ...
... usually opposite to each other when a ball traverses , but when it strikes a rib or the cranium it sometimes is deflected and runs under the skin , and makes its appearance on the opposite side , without wounding any of the important ...
Page 4
... usually a portion of shell , may lodge in the hip , without producing any very large wound or causing much deformity . Musket balls , striking the shaft of the long bone , or even a flat bone , generally fracture and split it , to a ...
... usually a portion of shell , may lodge in the hip , without producing any very large wound or causing much deformity . Musket balls , striking the shaft of the long bone , or even a flat bone , generally fracture and split it , to a ...
Page 13
... usually supervenes upon and complicates those of concussion and compression . The patient lies in a semi- unconscious state , but is capable of being roused , and answering questions usually in a peevish , irritable manner ; he moans ...
... usually supervenes upon and complicates those of concussion and compression . The patient lies in a semi- unconscious state , but is capable of being roused , and answering questions usually in a peevish , irritable manner ; he moans ...
Page 14
... usually terminates fatally . The symptoms may be either those of inflammation , irritation , or compression of the brain , according to circumstances . The same morbid appear- ance is generally observed in this - the chronic - as in the ...
... usually terminates fatally . The symptoms may be either those of inflammation , irritation , or compression of the brain , according to circumstances . The same morbid appear- ance is generally observed in this - the chronic - as in the ...
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abdomen abscess amputation anchylosis ankle-joint aperture appears artery ball entered blood brain caused cavity cent chest cicatrix clavicle cloth comminuted fracture compression contusion conveyance cranium Crimean Crimean war depressed diaphragm died discharge disease dooly dura mater Edition elbow-joint excision exit extravasation extremity fatal femur fingers flap forearm Fort Pitt grape shot gunshot fracture gunshot wounds hæmorrhage head healed healthy hospital humerus incision India inflammation inner side intestine invalided joint July knee-joint knife lacerated left side ligaments limb lodged lower third lung matter membrane middle third modified duty muscles musket ball necrosed opening operation pain parietal bone partial fracture passed patient performed pieces of bone portion of bone posterior Regiment Regiment.-Private removed resection ribs round shot scapula sent to duty shaft shoulder-joint skull spinous process splint stump superior extremity suppuration surface surgeon symptoms thigh tibia trephine trochanter ulna upper third wounded at Delhi
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