Bipp treatment of war wounds / by Rutherford Morison.

  • Morison, Rutherford, 1853-1939.
Date:
1918
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Credit: Bipp treatment of war wounds / by Rutherford Morison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has been the chief cause of the worst deformi¬ ties following union of fractures, particularly of the femur. This is because if healing of the wound could be obtained it appeared to be cheap at any price, and the fracture was apt to be neglected. Hundreds of men, a burden to themselves and a serious loss to the nation, are now incapacitated owing to bone sepsis, so that the treatment of infected fractures is of the greatest importance. Our experience has taught us that the great majority do extraordinarily well when treatment can be undertaken within the first week after the injury. This suggests that serious infection takes an unusually long time to develop and spread in fractured bones. Later, if the septic area can be exposed and treated, arrest of any further infection may be safely antici¬ pated, and in the worst cases, although necrosis has already occurred, amelioration of the conditions can be so far brought about as to allow of dressings being left on for some days.