Results of surgical treatment, without antiseptics, in the Kilmarnock Infirmary : being a paper read before the Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society / by John C. M'Vail.

  • McVail, John C. (John Christie), 1849-1926.
Date:
[1880]
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Credit: Results of surgical treatment, without antiseptics, in the Kilmarnock Infirmary : being a paper read before the Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society / by John C. M'Vail. 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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    TABLE I. Nature of case. Railway injury. Extensive burns. Internal injuries. Smashed legs. Smashed legs. Fracture of pelvis, etc. Laceration of lungs from fractured ribs. Gangrene of feet and legs. Laceration of legs. Disease of knee. Syme's amputation Aminitation of hotli letrs. Amputation of thitjh. Time in Hospital, or after the Operation. 4 hours. 9 hours. 5 minutes. 2 hours. .3 hours. 9 hours. 13 hours. 11 days. 11 days. 45 days. 41 days. days. 3 days. Notes. ^ All moribund on admission. j Gangrene, caused by exposure to cold, in a tramp, with broken-down constitution. Died of tetanus. A hectic emaciated subject, who lived almost entirely on stim- ulants. Knee ipiite disor- ganised, and discharging from numerous sinuses. A series of abscesses formed along the thigh, a new one appearing every two or three daj's. Never was fit for operation. A strumous subject. Stump healed in about twenty-eight days. Patient was taking out-door e.xerciso, and was about to be dismissed, when a very large abscess formed over the sacrum, in 48 hours, and death resulted from py.-emia. Aged 52. Died from gangrene of back (the result of a blow from an engine-buffer) and in- ternal abdominal injuries. Aged 76. Internal injuries caused death. This gives a death-rate of 23 3 per cent. But if we eliminate the seven cases under twenty-four hours in the wards, the following is the result:— In 1877, la 1878, In 1879, Total, 4 deaths in 171 cases, or 2.3 per cent. 2 deaths in 167 cases, or 1.1 per cent. 0 deaths in 199 cases, or 0.0 i^er cent. deaths in 537 cases, or 1.1 per cent.