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

Rifle—Plate 96.

UPPER EXTREMITY.
(a) Gunshot Fracture of the Left Humerus—
(b) Gunshot Fracture of the Left Elbow.

The missile was a rifle bullet with the reduced velocity of long range, passing transversely along the articulations of the elbow, fragmenting the radius and ulna and fissuring the humerus through both condyles.

The emergency treatment is antiseptic dressing and immobilization, with prompt transportation to the base.

Subsequent treatment is conservative, with proper immobilization.

Results as to limb are favorable, with probable loss of function of the elbow.

Plate 97.

Shrapnel—Plate 97.