Injuries of the spine : with an analysis of nearly four hundred cases / by John Ashhurst.
- John Ashhurst
- Date:
- 1867
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Injuries of the spine : with an analysis of nearly four hundred cases / by John Ashhurst. 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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![No. 278 280 Age, occupa- tion, ETC. Laborer, aged 24. Operative, aged 16. Laborer, aged 28. Seaman, aged 25. Miner, aged 22. Bricklayer, aged 23. 281 Quarryman, ■ aged 40-45, 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 Male, aged ] 9. Male, 25. Musketeer. Male, aged 11. Male, aged 55. Female, aged 49. Male. Mode of injury. Injured at same time preceding. Fell from tr( Fell from third story. Heavy stone fell on his back. Fell 2 stories on some timber. Mass of earth fell on loins. Struck on loins by fall- ing timber. Struck on back by fall- ing door. Struck on back by fall- ing wall. Crushed under ox-cart. Blown off rigging by wind; struck shoul- ders. Maniacal; jumped from window. Mass of chalk fell on him. DESCPaPTioN OF injury; progress of case, etc. Fracture of a dorsal vertebra, with projection backward. Fracture of a dorsal vertebra, with projectioni forward. Compound fracture of skull; fractures of fifthl and sixth dorsal vertebrae, with backward pro-' jection; paralysis. Contusion; scalp wound; pain in back; after some days, projection backward of twelfth I dorsal vertebra observed ; no paralysis. Fractures of eleventh and twelfth dorsal verte-i brse, with lateral displacement; paralysis. Fractures of last dorsal and first lumbar A^erte- hive; marked pre jection backward. Tumor in front and back; crepitus; spine short- ened; paralysis gradually crept upward. Dislocation of last dorsal vertebra; reduced byi extension; reduction attended by an audiblel sound; uo relief. Dislocation of last dorsal on first lumbar verte- bra; paralysis; priapism. (Slight fracture.) Dislocation backward and to right side of) twelfth dorsal vertebra. Dislocation of twelfth dorsal from first lumbari vertebra; paralj'sis. Fractures of twelfth dorsal and first lumban vertebrae; paralysis; chill; delirium; blisters formed on both thighs before death. Contusions; with ease. par ivhatever; walked' First lumbar projected backward over twelfth dorsal vertebra; dislocation reduced with audi- ble sound by Mr. Hardwicke.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21039082_0116.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
