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... fracture , and as in the present condition of surgery there can be no question of the advisability of operative interference in compound fracture of the spine , this case , with the large number of others that might be collated , is ...
... fracture , and as in the present condition of surgery there can be no question of the advisability of operative interference in compound fracture of the spine , this case , with the large number of others that might be collated , is ...
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... fractures treated conservatively . Thus Gurlt ' reports 217 deaths out of 270 fractures , over 80 per cent .; while Burrill , from the tables of the Boston City Hospital , 5 has compiled 82 cases with 64 deaths , 79 per cent . Of the 20 ...
... fractures treated conservatively . Thus Gurlt ' reports 217 deaths out of 270 fractures , over 80 per cent .; while Burrill , from the tables of the Boston City Hospital , 5 has compiled 82 cases with 64 deaths , 79 per cent . Of the 20 ...
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... fractured ribs and pyo- pneumothorax , making 58 per cent . of deaths due to spinal injury . Two cases , 12 per cent . , show incomplete recovery , and three , 18 per cent . , no improvement . In the second series ( antiseptic ) there ...
... fractured ribs and pyo- pneumothorax , making 58 per cent . of deaths due to spinal injury . Two cases , 12 per cent . , show incomplete recovery , and three , 18 per cent . , no improvement . In the second series ( antiseptic ) there ...
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... fracture dislocations in which reduction was almost im- possible in one as soon as the traction was removed the deformity was reproduced . Three of the cases died , both dislocation cases , one of which had other injuries that would ...
... fracture dislocations in which reduction was almost im- possible in one as soon as the traction was removed the deformity was reproduced . Three of the cases died , both dislocation cases , one of which had other injuries that would ...
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... fracture could be discovered . I suppose this thickening was due to the hæmatoma that existed at the time of the accident . He had pain running down the right leg and in the toes of the foot on that side , and still had incontinence of ...
... fracture could be discovered . I suppose this thickening was due to the hæmatoma that existed at the time of the accident . He had pain running down the right leg and in the toes of the foot on that side , and still had incontinence of ...
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abdominal abscess acute adhesions Albany antiseptic appendicitis appendix arch asthenopia attack Autopsy avenue bacilli bedsores blood cause cavity cent cervical Charles Committee compression condition congested cord County death diagnosis disease dorsal doses dura eczema effect examination fever fluid fracture gangrenous George hemorrhage Henry Hospital iliac fossa improved incision increased inflammation Injection injury inoculation intestines iodoform January laparotomy larynx lesion lumbar lungs lymph Madison Medical Society miliary tuberculosis milligrammes muscles nerve normal Number of Members observed operation organs pain paralysis paraplegia pathological patient pelvic pepsin perforation peritoneal cavity peritoneum peritonitis phthisis physician present pressure pulmonary pulse reaction read a paper recovery rectum removed respiration rhonchi septic skin slight spinal spinous processes suppuration surgeon surgery surgical sutures symptoms temperature tion tissue treatment tuberculosis tuberculous tumor tympanites ulceration uterus vagina vertebra William wound York
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