Fracture and Wound of the Leg Followed by Tetanus
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Ex-Surgeon-Superintendent of the Emigrant-ship " Canada Jankie, a Hindoo girl, aged 18 years, was admitted on the 9th July with fracture of both bones of the right leg and a lacerated wound at the posterior part of the ankle.' The accident was caused by a fall from the top of the ladder on to the 'tween deck-?a height of about 12 feet?whilst going down below during a heavy squall in the Bay of Bengal. On examination, the tibia and fibula were found broken about 5 inches above the ankle ; there was also a lacerated
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