In this case, of course, the food was required to be in the liquid or semi-liquid state, and for a long time great difficulty was experienced in feeding him, but he experienced much comfort from the use of a small pipe, through which he sucked his food. He was sent to England on 24th November, well, and ranch good might have been expected to result from an operation in remedying a portion of the deformity, as soon as the parts were sufficiently consolidated to warrant such a proceeding/' In the 33rd regiment, the external carotid was successfully tied for primary ha?morrhage from it. In one case, a comrade's double tooth was found embedded in a patient V eye; in another, tetanus arose from injury to the optic nerve; and in a third, a portion of another man's skull was removed from between the lids of a patient.
AIMT.NIUX. GU1HJHOT the vertebral those of the mus.-le( the total wounded din Lfi died, or 13'8 per fticers, 29 cases occurred, t.f "All the fractures of the vertelim the officers, and two among the H-M, all of of the the neck, or of the Bpi jtrim irily injiin--!, set up, and (juiekly proved fatal. -ionally
'rarily or even j>ennauently. where i. in some. what the same way as: the luain -n in the body of the book, th- following tul-l officers during the whole war, which numbers are not included ii, n: Return showing the numb.-r and of -a the (Coin"idy). SUKGF.RY (>F TIIK CRIMEAN " The instances where wounds of the arteries have been sufficiently distinct and uncomplicated to warrant their being kept separate and returned under this head, have been very only two such being returned during the first period, twelve in the period now under consideration, and one in an officer." In one post-mortem examination of a case in which death took place after for gangrene resulting from wound of the foot, the following interesting condition was found: " The ball was found to have passed through the thigh internally to the sheath of the femoral vessels, which it had grazed but not opened.
The artery at this point was slightly contracted for about an inch in length, but pervious, and contained no coagulum, and beyond the contraction its calibre showed no marks of inflammation. The vein, however, was not only also slightly contracted, but its internal surface was inflamed and filled with partially-organised Ivmph, as far up as the entrance of the deep iliac vein, and downwards for about two inches from the wound. Its course was thus entirely sealed, but nothing like pus could be found in the femoral or iliac veins, nor in the venous system anywhere." BEING AT THE SAME TIME CASES OF COMPOUND FRACTURE. Return showing the number and results of the cases treated from 1st April, 1855, to the end of the war. (Non-commissioned officers and privates only).
1 as injuri 'ths reported, five took place from tetanus of these.-iln-ady furnisln! two from jury to upp-T part of the thi-h, lesion of the v and ii. I.-e 1 M.S I'l.M.IKAi.IDEATION IN LARGEU JOINTS. rn showing the number and results of the Cases treated from the 1st April, to the end of th ued officers and pi only. v or WAR. however, there hud often been but little injury to the bone inflicted; thus of the <>! to tin' I'.Sth regiment returned to duty, notwithstanding th;'.t tin- injury was followed by a decree of stillness of the joint; but there was some amount of doubt as to whether it had been primarily opened. although the ulna in its immediate neighbourhood was undoubtedly injured.
In the remaining instances among the officers, the degree of injury was such nd;inn utation. " Wounds of the wrist-joint have been returned under the head of injury t<> the rarpus. "Ten cases of wound of the hip-joint are returned. In three, as before mentioned, there had been such extensive injury inflicted, that they proved fatal in a few hours. Seven were "discharged for operation;'' one of which was for amputation at the hip-joint, in a case in the 34th regiment of extensive longitudinal fracture into the joint; the remaining six for resection of tinhead of the "Of wounds of the knee-joint, 23 cases are returned among the men, and six in officers; six of these patients died viz., three men and three officers.