Gunshot Roentgenograms / A Collection of Roentgenograms Taken in Constantinople During the Turko-Balkan War, 1912-1913, Illustrating Some Gunshot Wounds in the Turkish Army

by Clyde S. Ford

CHEST.
Gunshot Wound of the Chest, with Fractured Rib
and Lodgment of the Missile in the Axilla.

The back of the patient lay on the plate, as is indicated by the normal size of the ribs behind and the exaggerated outline in front.

The ball struck the sixth rib behind and caused a fracture at the angle. It then continued its course to the axilla. The normal size of the shadow of the ball indicates that it lies superficially behind the head of the humerus.

The wound of the rib was infected superficially, and the secretion of the wound carried away the most of the metal particles which the ball in striking deposited on impact.

Plate 113.

Shrapnel—Plate 113.

CHEST.
Gunshot Wound of the Chest, with
Lodgment of the Missile in the Axilla.

There is no wound of the bone.