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. Age, occupa- tion, ETC. 33S 343 344 345 346 347 350 351 352 Engineer, aged 31. Laborer. Laborer. Officer. Laborer, aged 31. Soldier. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Carter, aged 35. Boy. Baker. Laborer, aged 20. Female, aged 40. 353 Male. Mode of injury. Struck by fly-wheel. Gunshot wound. Struck by falling timber. Struck by mass of earth. Fell from building. Explosion of blast. Explosion of blast. Run over by cart. Thrust head between spokes of wheel. Wheel of cart passed over back. Fell from tree. Fell from a cherry-tree. Stabbed in tumult. Stab from dagger. Description of injury; progress of case, etc, Contusion of brain; fracture of vertebrpe in lumbar region; fractures of right thigh and both legs. Fractured vertebra with backward projection; paralysis; bed-sores. Paralysis from an old fracture of spine. I Fracture of right arm; ball ploughed up right buttock and loin, exposing several lumbar ver- tebrfe, which were crushed. Fracture of dorsal spine, and ruptured urethra; paralysis; retention of urine; bladder tapped through rectum. Fracture of spine; locality not indicated. Fractured spine; complete paralysis. Fractured spine; complete paralysis. Fractured spine; complete paralysis. Stunned; soon became restless; hematuria; sensation of lower extremities gone, but mo- tion perfect. Distortion of spine; fractures of 3 or 4 spinous processes; no paralysis. Two vertebrfe depressed; a barber tried with hands and knee to press in the others to cor- respond ; an- abscess followed his efforts, which failed. Fractured vertebra. Fractured vertebrae; treated on a water-bed. Blade broken, and end fixed between third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. Paralysis; retention of urine and feces; fever; sweating.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21039082_0124.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
