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

LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Wound of the Right Thigh,
with Lodgment of the Bullet Behind the Femur.

There is no injury of the bone in this case, as the bullet lodged in the muscles posterior to the lower third of the femur without striking the bone. The lighter circular area of the larger end of the shadow of the projectile shows that its base is farther from the plate than its nose, which was probably flattened and bent by the ricochet which reduced its velocity so as to give it but slight power of penetration.

It is not easy to determine from inspection of the plate which side of the leg lay next to the plate.

With a history of the wound of the right thigh and with the outside of the leg next to the plate, the projectile must have lain near the plate on the outside behind the lower end of the femur, midway between the skin and bone.

The markings seen on the bone are not concerned with the wound, as the same effect in the plate is seen in the areas beside the bone.

The treatment is conservative; infection is rare.

Plate 50.

Rifle—Plate 50.