Accidents from the electric current : a contribution to the study of the action of currents of high potential upon the human organism / by Philip Coombs Knapp.

  • Knapp, Philip Coombs.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Accidents from the electric current : a contribution to the study of the action of currents of high potential upon the human organism / by Philip Coombs Knapp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    November 12th. Suppuration well marked; thumb all gaugreuous. Ether operation by Dr. Cheever. Tissues divided aud scraped away about the line of separation and the head of the first metacarpal bone sawn off. Opening irrigated. One stitch taken to bring parts together, and an iodoform gauze dressing applied. Urine normal, reaction acid, specific gravity 1014, faint trace of albumen. No blood or casts, few clumps of pus and bladder cells. November 13th. Very easy after the operation. Took ether very well. November 14th. The part is healthy, and shows vigorous granulations. November 15th. Seems to have recovered entirely from the electric shock. A new swathe affords relief, although his breathing is not very difficult without it. Looks well. November 19th. General condition good. Breath- ing easy. Thumb doing well. No pain. Less ten- derness in pelvis. Looks well. November 23d. The opening at the thumb is clean and covered with bright granulations ; the finger is also granulating, although the bone seems quite dead. Straight palmar splint applied to straighten finger. November 27th. The surfaces are granulating in a healthy way. Moderate discharge from the thumb stump. The bone on the posterior surface of the index finger seems to be covering over rapidly. General condition excellent. No more pain in the region of the pelvis. Discharged, relieved. The pulse and temperature were not remarkable. An effort to find this patient lately, proved unsuccessful, so I can say nothing of his subsequent condition. Moyer19 reports the case of a man who received a shock from an arc light and fell grasping the side wires '» .Moyer: Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner, November. 1886. •