Catalogue of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Part 1, comprehending the preparations illustrative of pathology.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Museum.
Date:
1836
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    38. XIX. A. Fracture of tlie transverse processes of the 5th and 6th, and of the body of the 6th cervical vertebrae, with diastasis of the articulations. The patient had struck his neck ag’ainst an iron railing, and lived only lialf an hour after the ac- cident. See the case of Janies Saunders, in Bell’s Exposition of the Nervous System, p. 231. B. C. i. 4. m. 3. 39. XIX. A. Fracture of the arches and bodies of the 5th and 6th cervical vertebrae, of a person who was precij>itated through a window, a height of 13 feet. He died on the 7th day after the accident. See case of Charles Osborne, in Bell’s Exposition of the Nervous System, p. 225. B. C. i. 4. m. 4. 40. XIX. A. Fracture, with subluxation of the body of one of the cervical vertebral. B. C. i. 4. m. 5. 41. XIX. A. Injury of the spinal column, between the last cervical and first dorsal vertebrae, by a fall from a cart, giving rise to an extensive abscess, which proved fatal in about three weeks. About eight days after the injury, he became affected with tetanus ; delirium, convulsions, and paralysis occurred at intervals before death. See Bell’s Surg. Obs. and Rep. p. 145 ; also his Observ. on Injur, of Spine and Thigh-bone, pi. iii. fig. 2. B. C. i. 4. M. 6. 42. XIX. A. Fracture with displacement of the last cervical and first dorsal vertebrae. Paralysis of the body below. He lived twenty hours. Case of William Wood, Edinb. Royal In- firmary, 1804. Presented by Dr Brown. G. C. 173. a. 43. XIX. A. Injury of the spinal column: a hiatus be- tween the last cervical and first dorsal vertebra. The man fell from a barge lying aground in the Thames ; his head stuck in the mud, and the vertebrae were probably twisted by the weight of the body having been thrown upon them. He died instantly. See Bell’s Observ. on Injur, of Spine and Thigh-bone, pi. iii. fig. 3. B. C. i. 4. M. 7. 44. XIX. A. Fracture with depression of a portion of bone upon the spinal column, giving rise to effusion of blood. The