Shrapnel—Plate 125.
LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Fracture of the Femur,
with Lodgment of the Missile.
The condition shown in the plate is the characteristic result of direct impact of a projectile of low velocity and great sectional area in which all of the energy is delivered to the bone against which it lodges.
The distinct outline and dense shadow of the deformed missile indicates its position to be behind the bone.
The callus formation indicates the favorable progress of repair, but with the fragments in faulty position.
The treatment in such cases is conservative, with proper respect to the principles of maintenance of normal relation of the fragments.
Plate 126.
Shrapnel—Plate 126.