@article{ref1,
title="Secondary hemorrhage from gun-shot wounds, with a case",
journal="Buffalo medical and surgical journal",
year="1863",
author="Gail, William H.",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="121-124",
abstract="Secondary hemorrhage from gun-shot wound, says Mr. Roux, proceeds from &quot;separation of the eschar; from injury by fractured bones; from the capillaries caused by general feebleness of the patient.&quot; The latter corres ponding with the &quot;hemorrhagic diathesis&quot; of Druit, produced by long campaigns, improper diet, and the absence of a sufficient quantity of veg etable food, tn prevent the system from laboring under a scorbutic cachexa. But whatever be the cause, it is a disagreeable complication, and requires prompt and energetic action to insure any degree of safety to the patient. Stronmeyer relates a case, showing the necessity of knowing what to do, and the presence of mind, to do it without delay. An arterial hemorrhage from a wounded brachial artery, occurred in the third week of the injury--a fracture of the humerus; the arm was ampu tated, but the patient soon died, having lost so much blood in the first instance; &quot;an incompetent medical man who was present not having pres ence of mind to employ compression.&quot; In the treatment of this acciden tal complication of gun-shot injuries, the first indication is, to arrest the hemorrhage; the second, to prevent its recurrence. The first may be fulfilled by compression, ice, persulphate of iron; these, if the artery be small, and the hemorrhage be slight, may fulfill the second indication...<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1040-3825",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}