Excision of the larger joints of the extremities / by H. Culbertson.

  • Culbertson, H. (Howard), 1828-1890
Date:
1876
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Credit: Excision of the larger joints of the extremities / by H. Culbertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Hip-joint for Gunshot Wounds. d Last as a o d Extent of bono o „ to heard o ll removed. Eesult. o a -d Usefulnoss of member. from, Bemarks. d in o u 2.S « months. 1 Orifice of inlet en- larged freely. (Dilated opening ',of inlet verti- cally. Fragment of accta- Died ISth bulum and splln- day, with ters shaft just active fever + above lesser tro- chanter. The tro- chanter major, neck, and shatter- ed head. (Six inches) upper third femur, which was broken into 16 pieces. Head and neck fe- mur. Many small frag ments, and head neck, and 2 inches below lesser tro chanter. from plague. The diseased epi- physis. 'The upper and lower fragments, head, neck, and to below trochanter major. All alwve to shaft at junction upper .^th with rest of the femur; fragments head removed. Fragments of and detached trochan- ter and head and neck. Died 9th day, from gangrene limb from the inj ury. Died 10th day. Died, pysemia, 7th day. Died .3d day, from exhaustion from hemor- rhage. Died, 22 hours, from shock, ope- ration, and inj ury. Died 5th week, of exhaustion and empyema knee. Died 7th day, cholera. The swelling of limb had diminished, and wound was doing well at the 17th day, when after hearing that a case of plague had appeared in the ward, the swelling of his limb increased, the fever became intense and discharge sanious, and he was delirious at night, and died next day Hodges from Gaz. M6d. 1835, says: Died from true typhus. Also Heyfelder same. M. H. Baron Larry, in his report to the So- ci6te de Chirurgie, upon the M6moire of M. Legouest, quotes that this patient died the fourth day. See Memoires de la So- ci§te de Chirurgie de Paris, t. V. p. 391. [Left side,] [Left side,], ' Was improving gone- rally ; wound suppura- ting, when taken with cholera. Was much depressed' after operation, and died without any signs of reaction. This patient also had a fracture of left ulna from same ball.
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