I was called one day to see a Sergeant of the 2nd Queen's Eoyals, who had cut his throat with a razor. As we were in i camp, and hia tent within a few paces of mine, little time elapsed before I had secured three small arteries (superior Thyroid) and some veins. I then had time to survey the extent of the damage. There was a clear cut through the thyro-hyoid space, five inches in length, and ex...

BACKGROUND Cut throat injuries though rarely reported in literature pose a great therapeutic challenge because multiple vital structures are vulnerable to injuries in the small, confined unprotected area. A sudden increase in the number of cut throat patients in our centre in recent years prompted the authors to analyze this problem. This study was conducted in our local setting to describe the...

Sepoy M. S., a Pathan, aged 20, was brought to hospital on the afternoon of the 31st January in a very critical condition. On my arrival I found him ghastly pale, speechless, lying inert on the flat of his back on a charpoy, and bathed in blood ; he was in" a'state of utter collapse from loss of blood. There was a gaping trans| verse 4" wound acroas his throat and through ! the thyro-hyoid memb...