The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . iiifli to (lie kft of the median line, passed oblicjuely upward and forward, and was retention of urine, hut no paralysis of sensation or voluntary motion. Onthe he was very restless, and suffered great agony from the wound. IJut littleciiange was noted until August G, when slight tetanic spasms, with delirium and un-consciousness, occurred. They continued with increasing severity. On the 8th,opisthotonic spasms recurred at frequent intervals, the pupils were largely di
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . iiifli to (lie kft of the median line, passed oblicjuely upward and forward, and was retention of urine, hut no paralysis of sensation or voluntary motion. Onthe he was very restless, and suffered great agony from the wound. IJut littleciiange was noted until August G, when slight tetanic spasms, with delirium and un-consciousness, occurred. They continued with increasing severity. On the 8th,opisthotonic spasms recurred at frequent intervals, the pupils were largely dilated andfixed, and he died on that day. Autopsy.—The missile was found about three inchesfrom the point of entrance, embedded in muscular tissue. The spinal column was in asuppurating condition. The osteological s[)ecimen, represented by Fig. 806, was sentto the Army Medical Museum. ]t consists of a wedge-shaped portion of the sacrum,showing a fracture into the spinal canal at the second sacral vertebra, with the first andSecond spinous processes wanting from being broken off. Fig. 806. Fig.
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