A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ember, Prof. Wattsexamined him, and inclined to the opinion that there was a luxation of theupper cervical vertebrse. About the 1st of January, 1853, the pains, from which he had been a con-stant sufferer, became more severe, and he was heard to complain that he couldnot live in his present condition; he remarked, also, that he had heard a snap-ping in his neck. After going his daily round on the 11th of January, he com-plained of feeling cold, and afterward of numbness in his limbs. In the eveninghe had a chill, and complained of a pain in
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ember, Prof. Wattsexamined him, and inclined to the opinion that there was a luxation of theupper cervical vertebrse. About the 1st of January, 1853, the pains, from which he had been a con-stant sufferer, became more severe, and he was heard to complain that he couldnot live in his present condition; he remarked, also, that he had heard a snap-ping in his neck. After going his daily round on the 11th of January, he com-plained of feeling cold, and afterward of numbness in his limbs. In the eveninghe had a chill, and complained of a pain in his bowels. He passed a restlessnight, and arose on the following morning about six oclock; he was obliged tohave assistance in dressing himself, and experienced a numbness of his left, andafterward of his right side. He attempted to walk, but could not without help,and it was observed that he dragged his feet. He sat down in a chair and almost 1 Denuce, Nouv. Die. de Med. et. de Chir. Prat., t. iii. p. 810. 158 FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE, Fig. instantly expired, at eight oclock, A. m., on the 12th of January, precisely fivemonths from the receipt of the injury. The autopsy was made thirty hours after death. Muscular developmentuncommonly fine. An unusual prominence discovered in the region of theaxis and atlas. On making an incision from the occiput along the spines of thecervical vertebra?, the parts were found to be very vascular. These vertebraewere removed en masse, and a careful examination in-stituted. The transverse, the odontoid (ligamentamoderatoria), as also all the ligaments of this region,excepting the occipito-axoideum, were in a state ofperfect integrity; this latter was partially considerable amount of coagulated blood was foundeffused between the fractured surfaces, some of it ap-parently recent, but much of it was thought to haveoccurred at the time of the accident, and afterward tohave prevented the union of the bones. The spinalcord exhibite
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