The use of the Röntgen ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in the War with Spain (1898) / prepared under the direction of Surgeon-General George M. Sternberg ... by W.C. Borden.

  • Borden, William Cline, 1858-1934.
Date:
1900
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Credit: The use of the Röntgen ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in the War with Spain (1898) / prepared under the direction of Surgeon-General George M. Sternberg ... by W.C. Borden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 11 Section I: Rontgen ray apparatus 13 Static apparatus 11 Coil apparatus 11 Storage batteries 11 Primary batteries 15 Where Rontgen ray apparatus should be placed for military surgical use.. 18 Rontgen ray apparatus compared 26 Section TI: Lodged missiles 30 Lodged, Mauser bullets deformed bi^ ricochet 33 Lodged, undeformed, Mauser bullets 35 Lodged, shrapnel bullets ^ 37 Lodged, brass-jacketed bullets 39 Injuries to the central nervous .system liy lodged, Alauser bullets 10 General conclusions relative to lodged missiles 11 Section III: The localization of lodged missiles 15 Idle Rontgen ray and wound exploration compared 15 Necessity for the localization and removal of lodged missiles 16 Localization methods 19 By direct observation 19 By multiple observation 51 Photographic apparatus for localization 52 Apparatus for visual localization 60 Section IV: Gunshot fractures of the diaphyses of long hones 63 Fractures by perforating bullets 63 F'ractures by perforating bullets at short range 61 E’ractures by perforating bullets striking the bone in the median line 67 Fractures by bullets striking the bone tangentially 69 Fractures by penetrating, undeformed ])ullets 71 Fractures by penetrating, deformed bullets 72 Clinical conclusions 75