On the treatment of wounds and fractures : clinical lectures / by Sampson Gamgee.
- Sampson Gamgee
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the treatment of wounds and fractures : clinical lectures / by Sampson Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![Page. Dislocation of the ulna, fracture of llie head of the radius, great swelling. Reduction, hot fomentations, increase of swelling ; its rapid subsidence after application of com- pi'essing apparatus. ... ... ... ... ... 115 Fracture of fibula, with great swelling, heat and pain. Fomentations for two days useless. Third day millboard apparatus ; immediate relief. Fifth day swelling subsided. Sixth day patient discharged. ... ... ... ... 117 Scalp wound. Compound and comminuted fracture of forearm, healed by the first intention under dry dressing, immobility, and pressure. ... ... ... ... ... 122 Compound and comminuted fracture of the leg from direct violence. Great shortening, violent s]3asm. Immediate application of millboard apparatus. Patient able to get up on the eleventh day. Perfect union, without any shortening, and very slight thickening. ... ... 126 Compound and comminuted fracture of the fibula. Extensive contused wound of the ham and calf. Rapid recovery under dry and infrequent dressing, immobility, and pressure. 128 Compound comminuted fi'acture of the lower end of the femur. Severe shock. Three inches shortening. Proposed amputation. Immediate reduction and immobilization, dry and infrequent dressing, and equable pressure. Uninter- rupted recovery. ... ... ... ... ... 132 Compound dislocation of the ankle. Death from pyaemia. ... 135 Compound dislocation and fracture of the ankle joint. Malleoli and astragalus resected. Wound closed with sutures, dry lint, and compressing apparatus. Slight constitutional disturbance. Infrequent dressing. Drainage tube. At close of the ninth week wound healed and jjatient left the hospital. ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 Extensive laceration of the muscles of the leg, and conqiound fracture of the tibia. Favourable progress under dry dressing, immobility, and pressure. Death from tetanus. 143 Compound fracture of leg, with extensive extravasation of blood and emphysema. Application of millboard apparatus. Phlegmonous erysipelas. Death. ... ... ... 145](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053820_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
