A case of fracture of the os innominatum, and death in connection with the administration of sulphuric ether : communicated to the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati / by W.H. Mussey.

  • Mussey, William Heberden, 1818-1882.
Date:
[1861]
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Credit: A case of fracture of the os innominatum, and death in connection with the administration of sulphuric ether : communicated to the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati / by W.H. Mussey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ilia* j • three-quarters of an inch outwa into the iliac fossa ; from the same point, extending anteriorly four inches to within : of an inch of the is pnbis; and under the ileo-] fracture with a separa- of fragments, varying from three-eighths to three-quarters of an inch ; from the termining of this fracture near the symphysis pubis, extending obliquely outwards two incites to the ilum, is a fi ture separating the pubic bone ; the rami of the pubi broken. Externally, a is in length traverses use ilium. will be : the cut. The [The Engraver had only time to give an outline of this bone. 1 gleto the shaft. It will be noticed that the line of the articulating surface ext< , ; ther upon theneck at one point than usual. There is no injury to the neck of the bone; but at the time of the fall, at th< of nineteen, there was probably impacted fracture or the lending of connexion with the shaft. Thorax-Lai; ^.^