Gunshot injuries : their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment ; with statistics concerning them as they are met with in warfare / by T. Longmore.

  • Longmore, T. (Thomas), Sir, 1816-1895.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Gunshot injuries : their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment ; with statistics concerning them as they are met with in warfare / by T. Longmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTBE II. ULTERIOR CONSEQUKNCES OP GUNSHOT INJURIES IN PARTICULAR ANATOMICAL STRUCTURKS OP THE BODY. External cicatrices of gunshot wounds 273 Of bullet winds . . . 27.3 Of sliell woLinds .... 274 Of burns from gunpowder explo- sions ..... 275 Pain of cicatrices . . . 275 Fascial openings .... 275 Muscular hernife .... 276 Connective tissue cicatrices . . 276 Effects on adjoining parts . . 276 Eeniote eftects on muscles . . 277 PASE Of contusions by gunabot . . 277. Of wounds by gunshot . . 277 Of complete division of muscles by gunshot ..... 278 Remote eiFects of wounds of ten- dons 278 Of injuries of bone . . . 279 Of contusions of bone . . . 279 Of united gunshot fractures . . 280 Sequestiu imprisoned in newly- formed bone .... 281 CHAPTER III. ULTERIOR CONSEQUENCES OF GUNSHOT INJURIES IN PARTICULAR BODILY REGIONS. In injuries of the head . . 282 Influence of climate . . . 282 Cicatrices of wounds about the head . . . . _ • 282 Removal of portions of cranial bones ..... 282 Cerebral disturbance . . . 283 In inj uries of the face . . . 283 Ghastly deformities produced by some ..... 284 Grotesque effects by others . _ . 284 Impairment and loss of special senses and functions . . 285 Effects on general health . . 285 In injuries of the neck . . . 286 Effects of cicatricial contractions 286 Of nerve lesions .... 286 Of other lesions .... 28G In inj uries of the chest . . 287 Effects of cicatricial contractions . 287 Contusions of the chest . . 287 In injuries of the abdomen . . 287 Of gunshot contusions in this re- gion ...... 288 Effects of cicatricial contractions . 288 Hernial protrusions . 288 In injuries of the back and spine 289 Cicatricial contractions . . 289 Contusions and wounds of the spine 289 In injuries of the genito-urinary organs 289 Moral effects of these injuries . 289 Physical effects of contusions . 289 Of extensive woiuids . . . 289 In injuries of the extremities . 289 Deep cicatrices in fleshy parts . 290 Effects of fractures of bones . 290 Contusions and wounds of joints . 290 Effects of operative interference . 291 In injuries to bloodvessels . . 291 Contusions and wounds of veins . 291 In injuries to nerves . . . 291