"Pleural" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from stabs or gun-shot accidents, and are practically equivalent to compound fractures of the spine; their severity depends on the extent of the damage done to the cord, and on whether or not the wound is infected. In many cases the condition is complicated by injuries of the pleural or peritoneal cavities and their contained viscera, or by injury of the trachea, oesophagus, or large vessels and nerves of the neck. When the membranes of the cord are opened, the profuse and continued escape of cerebro-spinal fluid may ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles |
