At the autopsies the rent was found to be in both instances in the posterior wall of the bladder a short distance from the fundus; the peritoneum was not inflamed, and there was absolutely no inflammatory reaction in the vesical wound.

From the statistics of Ferraton and Rivington it seems that rupture of the bladder is more common in intoxicated persons than in others--a fact that is probably explained by a tendency to over-distention of the bladder which alcoholic liquors bring about.

The liquor imbibed increases the amount of urine, and the state of blunted consciousness makes the call to empty the bladder less appreciated.

The intoxicated person is also liable to falls, and is not so likely to protect himself in falling as a sober person.
Gunshot Wounds of the Bladder .-- Jackson relates the remarkable recovery of a private in the 17th Tennessee Regiment who was shot in the pelvis at the battle of Mill Springs or Fishing Creek, Ky.

He was left supposedly mortally wounded on the field, but was eventually picked up, and before receiving any treatment hauled 164 miles, over mountainous roads in the midst of winter and in a wagon without springs.