. The Röntgen rays in medical work . K d ft a o 01 ft +3 o & a 02 a ft« HO<J K MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS 229 ;-. Fig. 108.—Fracture-Dislocation of the Neck. Antero-posterior Pye-Smiths case. 230 THE RONTGEN RA YS IN MEDICAL WORK of the spine in the cervical region is well known, and depends, of course, on thelesion of the cord which so generally accompanies that injury. The rarity ofsuch an injury to bone and ligament without involvement of the cord is perhaps-equally great. A case of fracture-dislocation of the cervical vertebrae has beenpublished by Ernest Ringrose,
. The Röntgen rays in medical work . K d ft a o 01 ft +3 o & a 02 a ft« HO<J K MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS 229 ;-. Fig. 108.—Fracture-Dislocation of the Neck. Antero-posterior Pye-Smiths case. 230 THE RONTGEN RA YS IN MEDICAL WORK of the spine in the cervical region is well known, and depends, of course, on thelesion of the cord which so generally accompanies that injury. The rarity ofsuch an injury to bone and ligament without involvement of the cord is perhaps-equally great. A case of fracture-dislocation of the cervical vertebrae has beenpublished by Ernest Ringrose, * It shows that extensiveinjury of the lower cervical vertebrse may produce only few andtransient symptoms. Moreover, the case shows that it was ex-cusable not to diagnose an injury of that kind in the pre-Rontgen-raydays. A boy, aged fourteen, was admitted to hospital on June 28, 1894. Whilstdiving into the river he collided with a man who was swimming by at the was partially stunned, but managed to reach the bank, and was then taken outof the water and carried to the hospital. He never lost consciousnes
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