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

The emergency treatment is antiseptic dressing and temporary splint immobilization. Permanent dressing, with extension and lateral compression, is the rule.

Infection in such cases is frequent owing to lack of facilities for proper dressing on the field.

Results in saving life and limb are generally good.

Plate 55.

Rifle—Plate 55.

LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Fracture of the Lower Third of the Shaft of the Femur.

The course of the bullet was diagonally anteroposterior, with a velocity near mid range, without causing much displacement of fragments.

The wound of entrance and exit would be almost the same in appearance.