The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . ch entered the left buttock behind and above the greattrochanter, and emerged through the right side of the sacrum. lie remained in thehands of the enemy for nine days, during which time his wound was entirely June 14 he was sent to Washington, and was admitted to Douglas Hospital in avery nervous, weak, and anaemic condition. There were bed-sores over the projec-tions of the hips, hack, and sacrum, so tliat it was impossible to lay him in a comfortable position. lie died on J
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . ch entered the left buttock behind and above the greattrochanter, and emerged through the right side of the sacrum. lie remained in thehands of the enemy for nine days, during which time his wound was entirely June 14 he was sent to Washington, and was admitted to Douglas Hospital in avery nervous, weak, and anaemic condition. There were bed-sores over the projec-tions of the hips, hack, and sacrum, so tliat it was impossible to lay him in a comfortable position. lie died on July 9, apparently in consequence of these bed-sores. Autopsy Pleuritic adhesions were found, but no signs of peritoneal inflammation. The sacrum,as shown in the accompanying wood-cut (Fig. 801), was perforated from side to side,with loss of substance at the junction of the fourth and fifth pieces of the bone. Thefragments were carious, and there was a slight osseous deposit on the anterior surface. The specimen of shot fracture of the sacrum which is represented by Figs. Fig. 801. Fig. 802. Fig. Showing the sacrnm groovndtransversely by a conoidal musket-ball. (Spec. 1642, A. M. M.)
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