Medical evidence in railway accidents / by John Charles Hall.

  • John Charles Hall
Date:
1868
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Credit: Medical evidence in railway accidents / by John Charles Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Railway Accidents. Case IV.—Concussion of the Brain from a Collision on a Railway.—Slight Ptosis of Right Eye-lid. Case V.— Concussion of the Brain from a Railway Accident: re- covery in three months. Case VI.—Railway Acci- dent.—Subjective Symptoms of Injury to Spinal Chord only.—Subjective Symptoms apt to mislead in forming a Diagnosis, dec. Case VII.—A Raihvay Accident and its Results. Case VIII.—Another Injury in the same collision as the last case. Case IX.—Raihvay Colli- sion.—Concussion of the Brain.—Recovery.—(Two other Accidents in the same carriage.) Case X.—Railway Accident.—Bruise on the Shoidder.—Diminished Tem- perature on the Injured Side.—Cause of the Difference in Temperature between the right and left side.—Recovery. Case XI.—Raihvay Accident.—Bruise to the Arm.—Al- leged permanent Loss of Power.—Conflicting Medical Testimony.—Perfect Restoration to health and strength. Case XII.—Raihvay Collision.—Severe Bruise of the Abdominal Muscles.—Constant Sickness.—SloivPulse.— Increased Temperature.—Long and tedious Illness.—Ul- timate Recovery. — Value of the Thermometer. Case XIII.—Raihvay Collision.—Subjective Symptoms only.— Recovery. Case XIV. — Raihvay Accident.—Severe Injury to the Head, ending in permanent Loss of Vision. Case IV. An elderly gentleman, travelling in a second-class railway carriage, suddenly found himself at the bottom of the carriage, his train having run into some coal trucks. When I saw him, three hours after the col-