The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Showing a shot penetration of the sacrnl canal. (Spec. Showing the sacrntn and a part of the right iliam, 42o8, A. M. M.^ with the bullet which perforated the former. (Spec. 1245, A. M. M.) This case, in which the upper part of the sacral canal was opened hv a gun-shot missile, is a very inj})ortant one, because traumatic si»inal meningitisensued. The symptoms appeared on the titth day, and were extreme rest-lessness, and great agony from pain in the wound, followed by tetanicspasms, which
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Showing a shot penetration of the sacrnl canal. (Spec. Showing the sacrntn and a part of the right iliam, 42o8, A. M. M.^ with the bullet which perforated the former. (Spec. 1245, A. M. M.) This case, in which the upper part of the sacral canal was opened hv a gun-shot missile, is a very inj})ortant one, because traumatic si»inal meningitisensued. The symptoms appeared on the titth day, and were extreme rest-lessness, and great agony from pain in the wound, followed by tetanicspasms, which steadily increased in severity until opisthotonos followed, withdelirium, unconsciousness, and death. The autopsy revealed a su])puratingcondition of the spinal canal. Another instance of shot-fracture of the sacrumin which death resulted from spinal meningitis and myelitis, is likewise re-ported in the same volume, on page 248. (Case 726.) The lower part ofthe spinal cord was softened, and of a dark appearance. In this case, too,the missile after striking the sacrum lodged. The very interesting sp
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