Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Fig. 21.—Caliber .50 conoidal bullet lodged against plantar surface right foot. Partial frac-ture of cuboid and cuneiform bones. Primary amputation by Choparts method. Died ninthday of typhoid fever. No. 6531 A. M. M. Specimen from Civil War, 1861-65. Fig. 22.—X-ray print of left leg of a Civil War (1861-65) veteran showing lodged large caliber,soft lead, fragmented bullet, lying between tibia and fibula anteriorly just below superior fibulo-tibial articulation, where it can be easily palpated. Mi
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Fig. 21.—Caliber .50 conoidal bullet lodged against plantar surface right foot. Partial frac-ture of cuboid and cuneiform bones. Primary amputation by Choparts method. Died ninthday of typhoid fever. No. 6531 A. M. M. Specimen from Civil War, 1861-65. Fig. 22.—X-ray print of left leg of a Civil War (1861-65) veteran showing lodged large caliber,soft lead, fragmented bullet, lying between tibia and fibula anteriorly just below superior fibulo-tibial articulation, where it can be easily palpated. Missile entered leg posteriorly in median line ofcalf, about 3 inches below knee-joint and passed directly forward, apparently without seriouslyinjuring the bones and lodged anteriorly as shown. The bullet was fragmented by bony contactin its passage through the leg. Endeavor was made on the battle field to extract the bullet by thefingers passed through the wound. Wound was infected and discharged pus for three or four monthsSince healing of parts there have been no sympt
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