CHAPTER V. Injuries to the Bones of the Limbs

INJURIES TO THE BONES OF THE LIMBS

Nature of wounds--Explosive wounds--Types of fracture of shafts of long bones--Stellate, wedge, notch, oblique, transverse, perforating--Fractures by old types of bullet--Lesions of the short and flat bones--Special character of the symptoms in gunshot fracture, and of the course of healing--Prognosis--Treatment--Special fractures--Upper extremity--Pelvis--Lower extremity 154