TY  - JOUR
T1  - TReatment of gunshot fractures
AU  - BLAKE JA
Y1  - 1919/09/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610360018004
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 748
EP  - 750
VL  - 73
IS  - 10
N2  - The limits imposed on this paper demand the briefest statement of facts and the omission of theory.A projectile, when producing a fracture, passes through the soft parts and strikes the bone:It may then be arrested but deliver enough force to break the bone. Such fractures resemble the ordinary fracture produced by direct force. In such a case no foreign material is carried into the bone or marrow cavity, and such fractures are termed fractures by contact.It may enter the bone and lodge, and produce either a hole (partial fracture) or a complete fracture with more or less shattering. Such fractures always contain foreign material. They are termed penetrating fractures.It may pass through the bone and produce simply a hole or extensive shattering and comminution. In many instances, the velocity of the projectile is imparted to the fragments, which then lacerate or tear completely through the soft
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610360018004
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610360018004
ER  -