COLDSTREAM GUARDS' HOSPITAL.
1868; Elsevier BV; Volume: 91; Issue: 2335 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(02)60703-2
ISSN1474-547X
Autores Tópico(s)Gun Ownership and Violence Research
Resumotion to the unusually weak action of the heart.The splints I were now taken off.The fragments, which were merely united by fibrous tissue, could be moved bodily from side to side, but not separated from each other.The upper fragment projected, but not so prominently as heretofore.In the arteries at the wrist the circulation could hardly be felt.The muscles were much wasted, and the veins dilated and turgid.The fragments were well rubbed together, surrounded by leather strapping, and the arm bandaged, after which the splints were readjusted.He was ordered full diet; a pint and a half of stout and six ounces of wine daily, and the fol- lowing mixture :-Syrup of phosphate of iron, one drachm; lime-water, one ounce : three times daily.At the end of a fortnight (March 26th), the arm was ex- amined ; union was now firmer, and the patient's health much improved.No perceptible callus had been thrown out.April 20th.-Muchless mobility of the fragments.He was ordered two drachms of syrup of phosphate of iron, with lime-
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