Two cases of gunshot wound of the abdomen : illustrating the use of rectal insufflation with hydrogen gas as a diagnostic measure / by N. Senn.
- Nicholas Senn
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Two cases of gunshot wound of the abdomen : illustrating the use of rectal insufflation with hydrogen gas as a diagnostic measure / by N. Senn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[Reprinted from The Medical News, November io, 1888.] TWO CASES OF GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE ABDOMEN, ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF RECTAL INSUFFLAT ION WITH HY- DROGEN GAS AS A DIAGNOSTIC MEASURE. By N. SENN, M.D., Ph.D., OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN J ATTENDING SURGEON TO THE MILWAUKEE HOSPITAL ; PROFESSOR OF PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY IN THE RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHICAGO. Case I.—J. J., sixteen years of age, was out hunt- ing with some companions on Sunday, September 9, 1888, one of whom accidentally discharged his 22-calibre rifle at a distance of about one hundred and fifty feet, the bullet striking the patient in the abdomen. The injury caused but little pain, and immediately after the accident the patient walked about forty yards to a farm-house, where he was placed in bed. From there he was conveyed on a cot, in a farmer’s wagon, to the Milwaukee Hospital, some six miles distant. The accident occurred about noon, and he arrived at the hospital at 3 p.m. Examination.—Boy complains of considerable pain in the abdomen; pulse 80 and soft; his gen- eral appearance indicates no serious injury. On](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22315585_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
