A case of gunshot wound of the brain in which the Roentgen rays showed the presence of eight fragments of the bullet : localization by Sweet's method made operation inadvisable : with a description of an improved apparatus for localization of foreign bodies / by W.W. Keen and Wm. M. Sweet.

  • Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.
Date:
1903
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Credit: A case of gunshot wound of the brain in which the Roentgen rays showed the presence of eight fragments of the bullet : localization by Sweet's method made operation inadvisable : with a description of an improved apparatus for localization of foreign bodies / by W.W. Keen and Wm. M. Sweet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    threads resting upon the shadows of the indicating ball are now moved to the spots on the transparent celluloid representing the shadows made by the bullet, their crossing will show its position in the tissues in rela- tion to the indicating ball aud cross-wires. The distance of this point of crossing from the indicating ball gives the location of the body in the tissues as measured from the spot on the skin at which the ball rested when the two plates were made. The situation of the bullet may also be measured from the cross-wires. The depth of the body will deter- mine which of the two points is to be chosen in plotting the position of the body for operation. The location of each fragment of the bullet is similarly determined. The apparatus was made for me by Queen & Co., of Philadelphia.