Compound and comminuted gun-shot fractures of the thigh and means for their transportations, etc / John Swinburne.

  • Swinburne, John, 1820-1889.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Compound and comminuted gun-shot fractures of the thigh and means for their transportations, etc / John Swinburne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3sU 16 wound of the foot which requires amputation. I have seen the whole scaphoid bone carried away and still a good recovery take place. So the destruction of the astragalus may occur and still recovery go on favorably. See the case of Garibaldi, in whose ankle-joint a ball remained for some months, and without unfa' vorable results. 12th. In compound and comminuted gunshot injuries of the tarsal and metatarsal bones, the same rule of action should be adopted as in like injuries of the hand, with the exception that a slight deformity is not of such vital importance in the former as in the latter. 13th. JVo excision or amputation should be performed in the second or inflammatory stage* If the operation cannot be per- formed before this stage sets in, we ought to defer operation until the true second or suppurative stage appears. * The second stage here spoken of is the true congestive or one intermediate to the first and second stage of authors.