. American X-ray journal . The above is a radiograph of C. , aged 42. White Hall. Greencounty. 111. Injured October 12. 1896. Fell from spring wagon while shootingat a bird; horse shied, throwing him offhis seat: fell between wagon bed andwheel; his head was caught between thespokes and twisted. Was paralyzed im-mediately for about one hour: paresis inlimbs for some weeks longer. On inspec-tion there is prominence of fifth to seventhcervical vertebrae, with lateral is thrown forward, gradually sink-ing more and more ; no power to straightenup voluntarily; since, short ti
. American X-ray journal . The above is a radiograph of C. , aged 42. White Hall. Greencounty. 111. Injured October 12. 1896. Fell from spring wagon while shootingat a bird; horse shied, throwing him offhis seat: fell between wagon bed andwheel; his head was caught between thespokes and twisted. Was paralyzed im-mediately for about one hour: paresis inlimbs for some weeks longer. On inspec-tion there is prominence of fifth to seventhcervical vertebrae, with lateral is thrown forward, gradually sink-ing more and more ; no power to straightenup voluntarily; since, short time, muscles of left arm atrophied: fingers bent uponpalmar aspect of hand. It w as necessary to go to press with theJune number before Prof. Brokaw wasable to get a post-surgical radiograph ofthe neck. The picture, when taken, w illshow the heavy silver wires bound aboutthes pinous processes of the fifth to seventhvertebras, and the body of the fifth cervi-cal vertebra tilted upwards from crushedbody of the sixth. Inquiry
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