BULLET WOUND OF LUNG.

Case of Bullet Wound

A Case of Bullet Wound

Bullet Wound of the Chest

Duncan suffered from urgent dyspnoea and severe pain in the right shoulder, but there was nothing else to indicate a wound of the lung or liver. In a few days he was attacked with pleurisy of the right side with considerable effusion. He .recovered from this, but lost flesh afterwards, and had night sweats and a persistent high temperature. In the meantime the posterior wound healed. The anteri...

Bullet Wound of Right Lung in a Child Three and a Half Years Old

The following case may be interesting as an instance of rapid recovery from a bullet wound of the lung, occurring in a patient at an age when such injuries are seldom met with. On the evening of tho 13th October last a child, aged 3? years, was brought to me, who had been playing with a revolver, and had managed to discharge one of the barrels through its chest. Tho bullet had entered an inch a...

A Case of Bullet Wound of the Abdomen

row of purse-string sutures on both anterior and posterior surfaces; the abdomen was closed and drainage effected through a separate incision in the left flank. The original entry and exit wounds were trimmed and sutured. The patient was put to bed and kept in Fowler's position from the very beginning. For the first two days the patient had a tender abdomen, but with free drainage, and for the ...