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

UPPER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Wound of the Shoulder,
with Lodgment of the Missile.

The course of the ball was transverse through the posterior border of the deltoid muscle without contact with the bone, which would have been revealed by small particles of lead scraped off from the ball.

The actual size, normal outline, and great density of the shadow of the ball show that it lay next to the plate and that it is, therefore, lodged posterior and mesial to the glenoid portion of the scapula.

The treatment is noninterference unless removal be indicated by pain, impairment of function, or infection.

The results should always be good.

Plate 84.

Shrapnel—Plate 84.

UPPER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Wound of the Shoulder,
with Lodgment of the Missile.