Report on a case of railway injury / by Willoughby Francis Wade.

  • Wade, Willoughby Francis, 1827-1906.
Date:
1870
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on a case of railway injury / by Willoughby Francis Wade. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Twice during the legal examination, becoming somewhat excited by a recital of some old grievances, he assumed a somewhat similar {semi-erect, leaning on his elhow) position, and neither time did any expression of pain shade his countenance. When he got out of bed he walked the length of the room with perfect freedom and alacrity, although one of his medical advisers called out to him to be very careful in his movements. He stood by the fire till asked to sit down. He sat till he was told to go back to bed, then rose and walked back to bed with equal ease, and without any appearance of pain or fatigue. When a man can take a certain amount of exercise without pain, - difficulty, or exhaustion, he can do more: there can be no good reason why he should always lie in bed, and make no effort to get about. I can see no reason why he should not have gone to the last assize total, a few miles off, nor much why he should not go to the next assize town some distance off. His muscles are firm and well nourished, wonderfully so for a man who has been so long in bed. His pulse is also good. On the whole there can be no reason to think that he has any disease of the spine whatever, or that he is in any way permanently injured. {Reprinted from the ‘British and Foreign Medieo-Chirurgical Review,’ April, 1870.) J. E. ADLARD, PRINTER, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.