. The Practitioner . 151 EXTENSIVE SHELL WOUND OF SHOULDER GIRDLE WITHOPERATION NOTES ON CONSERVATIVE SURGERY. By H. C. ORRIN, Resident House Surgeon, Roved Infirmary, Edinburgh. The following case under my care was of extreme interest from thepoint of view of the enormous amount of trauma and destructionof tissue done to the shoulder girdle as a result of a shell explosion,and of what was finally achieved by means of conservative surgery. The histor} of the case, as far as can be ascertained both fromthe patient and from the medical notes from France, is as follows :— Private M.,
. The Practitioner . 151 EXTENSIVE SHELL WOUND OF SHOULDER GIRDLE WITHOPERATION NOTES ON CONSERVATIVE SURGERY. By H. C. ORRIN, Resident House Surgeon, Roved Infirmary, Edinburgh. The following case under my care was of extreme interest from thepoint of view of the enormous amount of trauma and destructionof tissue done to the shoulder girdle as a result of a shell explosion,and of what was finally achieved by means of conservative surgery. The histor} of the case, as far as can be ascertained both fromthe patient and from the medical notes from France, is as follows :— Private M., aet. 19^, was wounded in the left shoulder by a large fragmentof shell. In consequence of the heavy shelling it was impossible to bringhim in for many hours after his injury, with the result that when he didarrive at the dressing station he was practically moribund from loss ofblood and shock, following the severe nature of his wounds. Direct trans-fusion of blood and general restorative measures were resorted to,
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