694 MORBID ANATOMY.
Considerable force was required to extract it. Hemorrhage slight. The testicle was completely turned out, and almost denuded ; but was put back, and the wound did well. On the following day there was extensive ecchymosis, and at the end of a week an abscess formed over the wound mid- way ; but the man's recovery was rapid and complete. (Med. Jour. Vol. LXII. p. 479.) 1860.
Dr. H. B. Burnham, Epping, N. H.
3120. An upright round, from the back of a broken chair, upon which a man was pushed down. It entered 1 in. behind the anus, passed through the thyroid . foramen, and pro- truded beneath the skin near the pubes ; the extent of pen- etration being about 9 in. The diameter of the stick is in., and from the extremity that entered the body a piece had been slivered off.
The patient was carried at once to the hospital (134, 262), and the stick was withdrawn by Dr. H., without any hemorrhage. The accident happened on the 15th of April. On the 17th a piece of cloth was removed, and is shown with the stick. On the 19th large incisions were made in front ; the parts beneath being inflamed and sloughy ; and on the 22d he died. The peritoneum was quite healthy ; but there was erysipelatous cellulitis, and in one lung nu- merous pyemic deposits. (Med. Jour., Aug. 6th, 1868.) 1868. Dr. R. M. Hodges.
3121. A thick, sharp-pointed splinter of wood, 1J in. long, and a slender piece f in. long ; removed in an operation for fistula in ano.
The patient was a man, twenty-eight years old. Three months before, a board, upon which he was lying, broke, and sharp pain was instantly felt. Three weeks afterward the part was lanced, and there had been a discharge from that time. No opening was found by Dr. B. into the intestine ; and the patient was soon well. (Hospital, 75, 24.) 1857.
Dr. H. J. Bigdow.
3122. A piece of rough pine stick, 3f in. long, and nearly in. wide at the largest part.
From a little boy, seven years old, who complained that he had fallen and hurt his hip. His mother, who was a woman of sufficient intelligence, examined it carefully, but
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