Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906
Date:
1898
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Credit: Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with some warm antiseptic lotion, carefully sponged dry, and closed after the introduction of a glass drainage-tube.* 157. As a result of his Calcutta experiences, Dr. Mac- Further re- T7- i l n, n ,1 t d marks on rup- Kenzie remarks :—After ruptures of the liver, ruptures ot tureofthe the spleen have been most commonly observed in the course spleen, of my medico-legal experience in Calcutta. During the period of nine years that I have been considering, I met with 43 cases, of which 29 were not complicated with ruptures of other organs, and 14 in which one or more of the other internal organs were injured. I propose to deal with ruptures of the spleen, under two heads. First, those in which the only lesion was one or more ruptures of this organ ; and, secondly, those in which the ruptures of the spleen were complicated with ruptures of other viscera. 158. There were recorded in the period referred to, 29 Statistics of cases, or 67*4 per cent, of uncomplicated ruptures of the rup°,^]f0fate spleen. spleen. 159. These 29 ruptures were referred to the following Cause of nip. causes :—In 23 or 79*3 per cent, to accidents, in 4 or 13-7 ture' per cent, to homicide, and in 2 or 6*8 per cent, the injuries were spontaneous ruptures. 160. Of these 5 or 21*7 per cent, were results of kicks Particulars of from horses, all on persons of syces or grooms ; 5 or 21'7 |J ap^™ptlire per cent, were owing to falls from heights, as from off the roofs of houses, etc. ; 3 or 13 per cent, were caused by heavy weights falling on the region of the abdomen of coolies or porters—in the first case by a bag of country produce falling on a coolie, in the second by a bale of jute striking a coolie, and, in the third, by a heavy wooden case or box falling on a coolie ; 3 or 13 per cent, were cases of persons falling into the holds of ships and pontoons ; 2 or 8'6 per cent, were cases of persons knocked down and injured by runaway horses ; 1 or 4*3 per cent, was caused by a country boat being swept by the violence of the bore or tide under a steamer, and one of the crew being crushed between the boat and the * II kaiii's Dictionary of Practical Surgery, Vol. I, \>. 472. 16
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