The therapeutical applications of hydrozone and glycozone . i73 must result from ones care of such cases. My excuse for this paper is the dearthof literature upon this important division of modern surgery, and the desire to presenttwo cases in illustration. Case i. A young man, 20 years of age, a kneader in cracker factory, on , 1893, in feeding the dough, had his hand and arm drawn between two rapidlyrevolving rollers up to a point several inches above the elbow joint. His desperateeffort to withdraw his arm, with the crushing force of the machinery and suction ofthe passing dough, seve
The therapeutical applications of hydrozone and glycozone . i73 must result from ones care of such cases. My excuse for this paper is the dearthof literature upon this important division of modern surgery, and the desire to presenttwo cases in illustration. Case i. A young man, 20 years of age, a kneader in cracker factory, on , 1893, in feeding the dough, had his hand and arm drawn between two rapidlyrevolving rollers up to a point several inches above the elbow joint. His desperateeffort to withdraw his arm, with the crushing force of the machinery and suction ofthe passing dough, severed the skin above the elbow, except a small shred upon theinner aspect of the arm. At the time of the accident this isthmus was put upon thestretch, the forearm being partially flexed, and the integument was drawn down overthe forearm and wrist much like an everted gauntlet. The patient was taken to the hospital at once, where the grease and other dress-ings, which had been applied by fellow workmen, were removed and the skin replaced
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