RT Journal
T1 GUn-shot fractures of the extremities.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD February 8
VO 72
IS 6
SP 444
OP 445
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610060058033
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610060058033
AB This is one of the most instructive monographs summarizing the treatment of gunshot wounds. Dr. Blake's experience peculiarly fits him to write such a book. His wide experience as a general surgeon before the war and his opportunity of studying this subject during the war, coupled with his ability to weigh all the evidence and arrive at a judicial opinion, give his conclusions great weight. The monograph is divided into two sections: The first one treats of the general topics of the mechanism and varieties of gunshot fractures, the repair of fractures, the transport and operative treatment of fractures in general, and mechanical treatment. The second section, on special fractures, takes up the subject of diaphysial fractures and fractures and wounds of joints. The book is the result of an intensive study covering four years and a large amount of material, and of the work Dr. Blake did in the