A Case of Fatal Septic Gangrene: Primary and Secondary Amputation
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brown discharge escaped. The whole of the foot was swollen and congested, and the femoral glands were inflamed. The temperature on admission was 103*2?, the pulse was feeble and rapid (120 beats to the minute), and the man was sallow in appearance, with the anxious expression usual in cases of severe septicaemia. He o-ave a history of having trodden in bare feet?upon a large thorn whilst cutting firewood on the hillside six days before admission. His
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