British medical journal . as torn and the extravasated blood had acquired a falsesac from surrounding tissues. The brachial artery was ligaturedabove and below the damaged area. Aitcunismal , W W (Northumberland Fusiliers) was wounded with piecesof siirapnel on October 19th near La Bassee. He sustainedwounds of both thighs and the right shoulder He waswounded at 11 , and lay m the trench till 7 Hewas unconscious for about an hour. He stated that when herecovered he found himself lying in a pool of blood- berecovering from the shock he has been conscious of acmioustinaliu thril
British medical journal . as torn and the extravasated blood had acquired a falsesac from surrounding tissues. The brachial artery was ligaturedabove and below the damaged area. Aitcunismal , W W (Northumberland Fusiliers) was wounded with piecesof siirapnel on October 19th near La Bassee. He sustainedwounds of both thighs and the right shoulder He waswounded at 11 , and lay m the trench till 7 Hewas unconscious for about an hour. He stated that when herecovered he found himself lying in a pool of blood- berecovering from the shock he has been conscious of acmioustinaliu thrill at the site of the wound at the upper end of tieleft°thi°h. A continuous thrill, increasing with can befelt through the dressings covering the wotuid. A small woiinris present over the upper end of t^^ ^^tf-Oi^^^lff* °,X\,tthigh immediatelv over the femoral vessels A starthngh loudbruit is heard over and distal to the site of the wound, the which resembles the throbbing of the engines of a A, Wound of entry; u, situation of bullet; c. area of cutaneoussensory loss. For the followhig notes wo are iuilebtecl to CaptainCobb, i!.() : AmpaUHiouof Anil : Tclandf : Dealh. This man received a severe shell wound of his left arm lu on the Aisne. Two days later his arm was amputatedat a bfse hospital in France. When admitted on the seventhday, the stump was very septic, and large sloughs were presentin the wonud. These were cut away, the whole area wa;swabbed with hydrogen peroxide and a Pi-Pl^;^^*f/?fP °;anlitetanic serum administered. The next day he compla. eof twitchings in Ids shoulder, and later m the day he de\ elopedwell-marked trismus. He verv rapidly became orse; thespasms became generalized, and could only be checked b.» theadministration of chloroform. He died on the third day of thedisease, and ten days after receiving his wound. Compound Fracture of have three cases of compound fractnre of tlui femur, all in
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