Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900. George Henry Makins

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       George Henry Makins

      Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900

      Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664599094

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       IN THE TEXT

       TEMPERATURE CHARTS

       SURGICAL EXPERIENCES

       SOUTH AFRICA

       CHAPTER I

       INTRODUCTORY

       General Consideration of the Number of Men Killed and Wounded

       TABLE I

       TABLE II

       TABLE III [4]

       CHAPTER II

       MODERN MILITARY RIFLES AND THEIR PROJECTILES IN RELATION TO INJURIES PRODUCED BY THEM ON THE HUMAN BODY

       TABLE I

       TABLE II.— Penetration

       CHAPTER III

       GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WOUNDS PRODUCED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE

       Type Wounds

       Wounds of Irregular Type

       CHAPTER IV

       INJURIES TO THE BLOOD VESSELS

       Nature of the Lesions

       Results of Injury to the Vessels

       Treatment of Hæmorrhage

       Traumatic Aneurisms

       Effects of Aneurismal Varix or Varicose Aneurism on the Circulation

       Aneurismal Varices

       CHAPTER V

       INJURIES TO THE BONES OF THE LIMBS

       Fractures of the Shafts of the Long Bones

       Lesions of the Short and Flat Bones

       Special Fractures

       CHAPTER VI

       INJURIES TO THE JOINTS

       Wounds of the Joints

       CHAPTER VII

       INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK

       Anatomical Lesions

       Wounds of the Head not Involving the Brain

       Wounds of the Neck

       CHAPTER VIII

       INJURIES TO THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND SPINAL CORD

       Injuries to the Spinal Cord accompanying Small-calibre Bullet Wounds of the Vertebræ

       CHAPTER IX

       INJURIES TO THE PERIPHERAL NERVE TRUNKS

       Injuries to Special Nerves

       Cases of Nerve Injury

       CHAPTER X

       INJURIES TO THE CHEST

       CHAPTER XI

       INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN