Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. -Radiograms showing postero-anterior and side views in the case ofCaptain James H. McC. exit. The Mauser bullet had separated from its jacket and a numberof pieces of the core and envelope were also removed. The woundwas thoroughly irrigated with a 1-2000 bichloride of mercury solutionand then immobilized. In March, 1913—nearly fifteen years afterthe occurrence—the writer was able to secure a skiagram of leg. There is no deformity in the fibula, and but little de-formity in the tibia. Partic
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. -Radiograms showing postero-anterior and side views in the case ofCaptain James H. McC. exit. The Mauser bullet had separated from its jacket and a numberof pieces of the core and envelope were also removed. The woundwas thoroughly irrigated with a 1-2000 bichloride of mercury solutionand then immobilized. In March, 1913—nearly fifteen years afterthe occurrence—the writer was able to secure a skiagram of leg. There is no deformity in the fibula, and but little de-formity in the tibia. Particles of lead from the core of the bullet arestill embedded in the tissues. There is 3/4-inch shortening and somelimitation of motion in the ankle as a result of injury to the tendoAchillis (Fig. 150). 400 GUNSHOT WOUNDS Without the prompt and radical treatment that was practised inthis case, there would have been long-continued inflammation of thesurrounding tissues, and all the bone lesions that are common to
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