The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . pril 1, 18G5, was sent to Washington, and admitted to Douglas IIosj)iial on tlie conoidal musket-ball had entered the left buttock nearly on a level witli the secondvertebra of the sacrum, about four inclies from the spinous process thereof, liad passedthrough or across the sacral portion of the spinal canal, and had lodged in the right winf^of the sacrum, near its junction with the ilium. There was complete paralysis of thebladder and rectum, with constant hrematuria; but no paralys
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . pril 1, 18G5, was sent to Washington, and admitted to Douglas IIosj)iial on tlie conoidal musket-ball had entered the left buttock nearly on a level witli the secondvertebra of the sacrum, about four inclies from the spinous process thereof, liad passedthrough or across the sacral portion of the spinal canal, and had lodged in the right winf^of the sacrum, near its junction with the ilium. There was complete paralysis of thebladder and rectum, with constant hrematuria; but no paralysis of the lower the 8th, the patient failed rapidly, and became partially insensible. lie died on theDth, from exhaustion, eight days after the casualty occurred.* The specimen is repre-sented by the accompanying wood-cut (Fig. 804). The vesico-rectal paralysis observedin this case is easily accounted for; but what caused flife ha^maturia? Did it arise froma neuropathic congestion of the kidneys, such a? we have seen occurs not unfrequentlyin cases of spinal injury ? Fig. R04 Fig.
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