A Case of Fracture of Both Thighs, One Being Comminuted: Recovery without Shortening of Either Leg

Koomtai Tea Estate, Upper Assam. On September 29th a Bengalee boy about 16, was descending from a rolling machine while in motion, though he had been repeatedly cautioned against doing so ; his cloth caught in a revolving rod which seems to have dragged his body round, and as the cloth tightened and before the machine could be stopped, crushed his thighs between rod and machine ; he was at once removed ; the gentleman who saw him as he was being taken out, says he presented a terrible sight?both limbs dangling down, and apparently broken. No time was lost in sending off for myself, and I arrived some three hours after the accident, in the meantime the boy had been laid on a plank covered by blankets on a native bed. On arrival he was somewhat collapsed, but not to the extent one would suspect after such an accident; he was quite sensible. As his pulse was quick and rather feeble, I gave him some stimulant and proceeded to examine his limbs ; I found