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Title: The Surgical history of the naval war between Japan & China : during 1894-95 ; translated from the original Japanese report
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Saneyoshi, Yasuzumi Suzuki, S.(Shigemechi)
Subjects: Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895 Surgery, Military Surgery, Naval Medicine, Naval Medicine, Military
Publisher: Tokio : Printed by Tokio Printing Co.
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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of the rightwrist joint and a longitudinally lacerated wound, 3 c. m. long, between the thumband index finger of the right hand ; and a seriously lacerated wound on the knee-joint 5 c. in. long, running laterally just above the patella. The margins were laceratedin a serrated form, the quadriceps tendon being partly torn the joint cavity openedand the patella displaced downwards : a part of bone sustained fracture, so that thearticular surface of the femur was exposed. However, both the femur and tibia wereuninjured. The wound was searched and several tiny pieces o( bone and a shellfragment were extracted. The wounds were all treated autiseptically, and the limbkept at rest on a splint. The patient was taken on the 19th on board a transport, andadmitted to the Sasebo Naval Hospital on th< 21st. By that time, the burn of the was found already healed, and almost all the other wounds on the head, face andarm bad developed granulation without suppuration, lint the wound of the knee- V
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INJURIES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. \g( joint discharged pus, and Lad a dirty looking surface. The conjunctiva of the left eyewas also congested attended with pain. On examination a small iron fragment wasfound at the outer part of the conjunctiva and rem >ved directly. On the 22ud, thedressing of the knee was changed, pus was discharged copiously, in the eveningthe temperature rose to 3S°C, so a counter-opening was made on the outer andinner side, and a drainage tube introduced. On October 3rd the wounds on the head,face and the right forearm were healed, and those on the back of the hand hadbecome small owing to the development of granulation. The wound of the knee haddeveloped granulation, so that the cavity of the joint was closed, the pus dischargenearly ceased, and the temperature became normal. On November 9th both woundson the back of the hand were cured, and the wound of the knee had entirely closed.As the general health had become somewhat impaired a mixture of quinine and

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