Compound Fracture of the Leg with Gas Gangrene Treated with Penicillin *Paper rearranged by editor.
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a fall from a bullock cart. Examination revealed & compound fracture of both the bones of the right leg with gas gangrene spreading up to the lower portion of right iliac fossa. The patient's general condition was poor; he was toxic and the pulse rate over 140 and feeble. Under a small dose of pentothal sodium, a guillotine amputation of the thigh was done as quickly as possible, and the raw surface was covered with septanilam powder and vaseline gauze and dressed with extension. Fifteen thousand units of penicillin were given intravenously in the theatre and continued every three hours; six injections were given intravenously and the rest intramuscularly. Anti-gas gangrene serum, 60,000 units intravenously on the first day and 30,000 units intramuscularly on the second day, were givenThe patient rallied on the third day and has continued to progress since then.
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