Case of Gangrene of Left-Arm and Fore-Arm, Following Fracture of Humerus and Tight Bandaging. Amputation. Recovery

xi uz^j&js, ugeu j.l vcuiB, native ui nepaui, ien irom ins pony on the 15th May 1876, and fractured his left humerus at about the middle. He was taken to his house, and the injured limb was tightly bound up in bamboo splints by one of his relations. The splints were kept on for about a week, by which time gangrene had set iu to an advanced state. My attention was called to the patient by the native doctor of the Government dispensary. I at once visited the boy at his house, and endeavoured to persuade his friends to send him to tlie hospital, in order that the limb might be removed ; however, he did not come to hospital till 24 days after the accident had occurred. On admission, he was suffering from fever of a low