Commentaries On the surgery of the War, by G. J. GUTHRIE, F.R.S.

INDEX OF CASES.

A soldier, wounded in the thigh, the ball passing between the femoral artery and vein, 26.
Generals Sir Lowry Cole, Sir E. Packenham, and Colonel Duckworth; injuries to arteries, 26.
Colonel Sir W. Myers and General Sir R. Crawford, illustrating the shock of a severe wound, 26, 27.
Colonel Ross; musket-shot wound of arm: gradual descent of the ball to the elbow, 36.
Erysipelas phlegmonodes of the left arm, treated by incisions, 41.
Local mortification of a leg struck by a cannon-shot, the internal textures being destroyed, 43.
Section of the brachial plexus of nerves by a gunshot wound, causing paralysis, complicated by gunshot wound of the knee-joint, requiring secondary amputation, 47.
Sir James Kempt; injury to a nerve, 48.
Admiral Sir Philip Broke; wound of skull, with paralysis, 48.
Brigade-Major Bissett; gunshot wound, injuring the left great sciatic nerve, perineum, and rectum, 49.
Mr. Wrottesley, of the Engineers; right thigh shattered by a cannon-shot, etc., 53.
An East Indian; severe wound of left thigh from the explosion of his gun; amputation, death, 53.
A soldier of the siege train before Sebastopol; the left thigh nearly carried off by a cannot-shot, 54.
Purulent deposit, after amputation, 61.
Phlebitis, 64.
Jane Strangemore; amputation of limb for white-swelling of the knee-joint; fatal phlebitis, 64.
Endemic fever, after secondary amputation, with subacute pneumonia, 67, 68.
Sloughing of a spear-wound of the arm, 69.
Captain Flack; cannon-shot wound of left thigh, 77.
Excision of the head and neck of the femur, 94.
Colonel Donnellan; musket-shot wound of knee-joint, 96.
Excision of knee-joint, by Dr. Gurdon Buck, 97.
by Mr. Jones of Jersey, 97, 98.
Amputation of the foot, by Roux’s operation, 108.
Ball lodged in the astragalus, 110.
Excision of the astragalus and calcis, 115.
head of the humerus, a musket-ball having lodged in the bone, 128, 131.
Gunshot wounds of the shoulder-joint, 131, 132.
Lieutenant Timbrell; gunshot fracture of both thighs; recovery without amputation, 149.
Illustrative of the means used by nature for the suppression of hemorrhage, 194.
Illustrative of gunshot wounds of the femoral artery, 196, 208.
Ligature of the right common iliac artery, for supposed gluteal aneurism, 206.
Punctured wounds of arteries, 210.
Colonel Fane; wound of carotid by an arrow; formation of an aneurism, 211.
Scythe wound of the femoral artery, 213.
Wound of femoral artery with a pen-knife; closure of wound; formation of traumatic aneurism, 215.
Gunshot wound of the thigh; severe hemorrhage finally arrested without ligature of the artery, 216.
Don Bernardino Garcia Alvarez; gunshot wound of the thigh; hemorrhage from a deeply-seated vessel; ligature of the common femoral; fatal mortification. The femoral artery quite sound, 218.
Duckshot wound of thigh; closure of wound; aneurismal swelling punctured; hemorrhage; ligature of femoral high up; death, 218.
Captain Seton; gunshot wound of upper part of thigh; hemorrhage from a superficial branch of the femoral; ligature of the external iliac; fatal peritonitis; errors in the treatment, 219.
Dry gangrene, from injury to the main artery of the lower extremity, 227.
following an injury to the popliteal space; large incision in the calf, evacuating a quantity of coagulated blood; subsequent separation of the limb, 228.
Gunshot wound of the posterior tibial artery; secondary hemorrhage and traumatic aneurism; ligature of the femoral artery, renewal of the hemorrhage, amputation, death, 230.
of the peroneal artery, hemorrhage and formation of an aneurism; ligature of the wounded vessel; recovery, 231.
Axillary aneurism from a bruise; ligature of the subclavian; rupture of the sac; death, 236.
Shell injury; amputation of right leg and arm; secondary hemorrhage; ligature of the subclavian near the seat of the bleeding, 237.
Wounds of the vertebral artery, recorded by Breschet, Chiari, Ramaglia, and Maisonneuve, 242.
Wound of the external carotid during an operation; utter insufficiency of one ligature, 244, 245.
Gunshot wound of head, face, and neck; injury of external carotid and its branches; partial slough of internal carotid; ligature of latter vessel; compression; recovery, 247.
Wound of internal carotid through the mouth; successful ligature of the vessel, 249.
Ligature of the common iliac artery, 252.
Wound of the gluteal artery; ligature of that artery and of the internal iliac; death, 260.
Wound of the popliteal artery by a mortising chisel; secondary hemorrhage; ligature of the femoral unsuccessful; cure by ligature of the popliteal, 265.
Balls lodging in the brain, 284.
Concussion in a child, 289.
Coup-de-soleil, 293.
Concussion of the brain, passing into excitement, etc., 294.
Gouty inflammation, transferred to the brain, 296.
Illustrative of the treatment of concussion, 297.
Concussion, complicated by the symptoms of compression, 298.
followed by mania, 300.
Illustrative of the after-effects of concussion, 301.
Fatal paralysis, caused by compression of the brain, 307.
Illustrative of the different forms of paralysis following compression or irritation of the brain, 309.
Fracture of the skull without depression, 311.
Fracture of the skull, with injury to the middle meningeal artery, 315.
Fracture of the base of the cranium, 317.
Fracture of the inner table of the skull, without injury to the outer plate of bone, 322.
Fracture of the inner table of the skull, without injury to the outer; subsequent hemiplegia of the right side; operation with the trephine two years afterward, 323.
Illustrative of a peculiar fracture of the inner table of the skull, with a cutting instrument, 325.
Gunshot wounds of the skull and brain, the ball lodging, 331, 343, 348.
Injury to the head from a fall; large abstraction of blood, 334.
Comminuted fracture of the skull, by a piece of shell, 336.
Injury to the head, the symptoms of concussion and compression being combined, 338.
Gunshot fracture of the left parietal, with suppuration on the surface of, and in the substance of the brain, 343.
Gunshot wound of the skull, the breech-pin of the gun lodging in the brain, 348.
Separation of the sagittal suture by a fall, consequent to a gunshot wound of the body, 349.
Gunshot injury to the frontal sinuses, 350.
Wounds of the orbit, 351.
Fungus cerebri, 353.
Major D.; gunshot wound of the forehead; incomplete recovery, 357.
Loss of a large portion of the skull; reported by Dr. Drummond, 359.
Cannon-shot wound of the head and face, 361.
Wound of scalp and parietal bone, 362.
Non-penetrating wounds of the chest, 365.
Acute pneumonia and pleurisy, 383.
Dr. Wendelstadt; empyema, 398.
Mr. Winter; gunshot wound of the chest, followed by empyema, 399.
Lance and musket-shot wounds of the chest, causing empyema, 399.
Mr. Cornish; pneumothorax and phthisis, 403.
Pistol shot wound of the chest, with pneumothorax and empyema, 404.
Lord Beaumont, 407.
Sword wound of the chest, with emphysema, 412.
Wounds of both sides of the chest, 417.
Penetrating wounds of the chest, the lung being injured, 418.
Sword wounds of the chest, 420.
Penetrating wounds of the chest, with internal hemorrhage, 423.
Fracture of rib, in gunshot wound of chest, 428, 447.
General Sir Lowry Cole; gunshot wound of the lung, 430.
Illustrative of gunshot wounds of the lungs, 431.
General Sir A. Barnard, 431.
Major-General Broke, 432.
The Duke of Richmond, 433.
Mrs. M., 435.
Sir C. B.; effusion, 436.
Gunshot wounds of the lungs, with fracture of ribs, effusion, etc., 436.
Lieut.-Col. Dumaresq, 440.
A two-pound shot passing through the right side of the chest, 441.
Post-mortem appearances in gunshot wounds of the chest, 442.
Mr. Drummond, 443.
Gunshot wound of the lung; extensive enlargement of the wound; removal of splinters and of a piece of cloth, 446.
Gunshot wound of the lung, remaining fistulous; death from pneumonia seven months afterward, 447.
Gunshot wounds of the chest, the ball or other foreign body being loose in the cavity of the pleura, 448.
Major-General Sir R. Crawford, 449.
Gunshot wounds of the chest, the ball or other foreign body being inclosed in a cyst, 451.
Wounds of the diaphragm, 458.
Captain Prevost, 458.
The Duc de Berri, 469.
Lance wound of the heart and diaphragm, 470.
Latour d’Auvergne, premier grenadier de France, 472.
General Sir G. Walker; gunshot wound of the chest; secondary hemorrhage from the intercostal artery, 474.
Gunshot wound of the chest, with rapidly fatal hemorrhage from a wounded intercostal artery, 475.
Gunshot wounds of the neck, 476.
General Sir E. Packenham; twice shot through the neck, on different occasions, 476.
Lieut.-General Sir A. Leith; amaurosis from a sword wound in the forehead, 478.
General Sir Colin Halkett; gunshot wounds of the neck, thigh, and face, 479.
Gunshot fracture of the lower jaw, 480.
Colonel Carleton; gunshot fracture of the lower jaw, 481.
Captain Fritz; bursting of his gun; lodgment of the iron breech in the forehead; its descent through the nares into the mouth, 482.
Ventral rupture, the result of severe bruises or other injuries to the abdominal parietes, 488.
Severe and extensive wound of abdominal parietes from a musket-shot; exposure of the peritoneum, healing by granulations, 489.
General Sir John Elley; sabre wound of abdomen, involving the stomach, and followed by a small hernia, 490.
Rupture of intestine from external injury, 491.
Rupture of kidney and injury to the spine from a cannon-shot, 492.
Fatal inflammation of omentum, intestines, and peritoneum, with effusion, from a severe bruise inflicted by a ricochet cannon-shot, 492.
Penetrating wound of abdomen by a ramrod, 497.
Penetrating wounds of abdomen, with protrusion of omentum, 500.
with protrusion of intestine, 502.
Penetrating wound of abdomen, with formation of abscess, 505.
Sabre wounds of the abdomen, with extensive hemorrhage, 510.
Sabre wound of abdomen, with suppuration in the cavity, reported by Ravaton, 512.
Strangulated inguinal hernia; operation; sloughing of the intestine, etc., 512.
Gunshot wounds of abdomen, with protrusion or injury of intestine, 516.
A Russian officer, with a gunshot wound of abdomen, a tape-worm cut in two by the ball, causing intense suffering until it was extracted, 524.
Lieut.-General Sir S. Barns; gunshot wound of the liver, 529.
Gunshot wounds of the liver and gall-bladder, 530.
In which portions of the liver have been removed, 533.
In which a pig’s tail was thrust up the rectum, 535.
In which the spleen was removed, 537.
Wounds of the kidney, 538.
Medullary sarcoma of the right testicle, involving the lumbar glands, ending fatally, caused by a gunshot wound of the testis, 540.
Gunshot wound of the penis, 540.
Pistol-shot wound in the last dorsal or upper lumbar vertebra, causing complete paraplegia, 541.
Gunshot wounds of the pelvis, 542.
The late Colonel Wade; gunshot wound, the ball passing through the ilium; lodgment of the ball for thirty-five years, 542.
The late General Sir Hercules Packenham, G.C.B.; musket-shot wound of the pelvis, lodgment of the ball, 542.
Colonel Sir J. M. Wilson; three musket-shot wounds of the left hip, one passing upward through the ilium, and lodging against or in the spine, causing paralysis of the left lower extremity, etc.; lodgment of the ball, 543.
Gunshot wound of the external and common iliac arteries, 544.
of the pelvis, the ball lodging, extracted on the forty-fifth day after the wound; reported by La Motte, 545.
Captain Campbell; pistol-shot wound of abdomen; injury to spine, 545.
Gunshot wounds of the bladder, 549.
Captain Sleigh; gunshot wound of the pelvis, the ball entering the left groin, over Poupart’s ligament, and traversing the bladder obliquely; retention of urine; urethra obstructed by pieces of bone, 551.
Calculus formed around the ball in the bladder, 552.
Pistol shot wound of the bladder; retention of urine; tumor in the perineum containing bloody urine, punctured; the ball, portions of shirt, etc., extracted from the bladder; reported by Baron Percy, 554.
Captain Gordon, R. N.; rifle-shot wound on one side of the sacrum, the ball wounding the rectum, and passing out on the other side of the sacrum; paralysis of the bladder for a time; permanent partial paralysis of the lower limbs, 555.
Gunshot wounds of the rectum, 555.