Case of perfect anchylosis of the five superior cervical vertebrae to each other : and complete dislocation backwards of the 5th from the 6th, without fracture / by Stephen S. Stanley.

  • Stanley Stephen S.
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[1838]
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Credit: Case of perfect anchylosis of the five superior cervical vertebrae to each other : and complete dislocation backwards of the 5th from the 6th, without fracture / by Stephen S. Stanley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    HISTORY OF THE CASE Sent with the Patient; with the subsequent symptoms, and treatment pursued by Dr. Mortimer, the Senior Surgeon, under whose care he teas placed. George Weldon, act 37, seaman, lost his footing yesterday evening, the 20th of July, 1838, about 9 o’clock, and fell backwards, on his head, on the deck. Found him immediately afterwards complaining of a severe pain in the back part of his neck, and between the shoulders, and of pain and numbness in the arms. His face was pale, and his pulse weak. Five grs. of Carb. Ammonia in an ounce of Camphor mixture was administered—after which he rallied. He is worse this morning, com- plaining now of numbness, not only in the arms, but also in the legs ; of the pain in the back part of the neck being more severe, and of inability to turn or move in any direction. As the ship is in