A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ar vertebra, the bullet emerged by an aperture,the centre of which was about half an inch to the left of the median line, andwhich also involved the intervertebral cartilage next above. The cancellatedtissue of the body of the first lumbar vertebra wa3 very much comminuted andthe fragments somewhat displaced. Several deep fissures extended from thetrack of the bullet into the lower part of the body of the twelfth dorsal extended through the first lumbar vertebra into the intervertebral carti-lage between it and the second lum
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ar vertebra, the bullet emerged by an aperture,the centre of which was about half an inch to the left of the median line, andwhich also involved the intervertebral cartilage next above. The cancellatedtissue of the body of the first lumbar vertebra wa3 very much comminuted andthe fragments somewhat displaced. Several deep fissures extended from thetrack of the bullet into the lower part of the body of the twelfth dorsal extended through the first lumbar vertebra into the intervertebral carti-lage between it and the second lumbar vertebra. Both this cartilage and thatnext above were partly destroyed by ulceration. A number of minute frag- 506 GUNSHOT FRACTURES. ments from the fractured lumbar vertebra had been driven into the adjacentsoft parts. It was further found that the right twelfth rib also was fractured at a pointone inch and a quarter to the right of the transverse process of the twelfthdorsal vertebra; this injury had not been recognized during life. Fig. 12th dorsal. , 2d lumbar. Course of the ball through the first lumbar vertebra, its direction being indicated by the probe. On sawing through the vertebra, a little to the right of the median line, it wasfound that the spinal canal was not involved by the track of the ball. Thespinal cord and other contents of this portion of the spinal canal presented noabnormal appearances. The rest of the spinal cord was not examined. Fig
Size: 1958px × 1276px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjec, booksubjectfractures
