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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

CHAPTER XII
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The hemorrhage in one case was arrested by the tampon, and in the other by the Pacquelin cautery.
McMillan describes a man of twenty who was kicked by a horse over the liver and rupturing that organ.

A large quantity of offensive fluid was drawn off from the liver, and the man recovered.

Frazer reports a case of rupture of liver and kidney in a boy of thirteen who was squeezed between the tire and driving chain of a mill, but who recovered despite his serious symptoms.

Allen mentions recovery after an extensive incised wound of the abdomen, liver, and lung.

Massie cites an instance of gunshot wound of the right hypochondrium, with penetration and protrusion of the liver.


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