Gangrene was not uncommon in one part of the body or another, and in four cases the feet became gangrenous[485].
Gangrene of the extremities was one of the symptoms of the "plague of Athens" as described by Thucydides.
The fever was a most malignant form of typhus, marked by the worst of all symptoms, gangrene of the extremities, so that the toes or a whole foot would fall off when the surgeon was applying a dressing[425].
And this baneful lurking gangrene is most quickly spread by luxury and superstition, the sure dregs of ambition.
Were they a million, would not one sacrifice the twenty-fourth part of one's self to get rid of a gangrene which might infect the rest of the body?
If distal vessels become obstructed, as of the toes or feet, gangrene takes place unless the obstruction occurs at a place where the collateral circulation could save the part from such a death.
If a peripheral artery is plugged, gangrene of the part will generally occur, if the patient lives long enough.
Fractures complicated with injury to internal organs, and fractures in which gangrene of the limb threatens, are, of course, of grave import.
Rupture of the popliteal vessels, or pressure exerted on them by the displaced bones, may lead to gangrene of the limb, and necessitate amputation.
The popliteal artery, however, is liable to be compressed or torn across in fractures of the lower end of the femur; extravasation of blood from the ruptured artery and gangrene of the limb may result.
A bandage should never be applied to the limb underneath the splints and pads, as congestion or even gangrene may be induced thereby.
A considerable number of cases of gangrene of the hand after simple fracture of the forearm are on record.
Gangrene of the tips of the fingers has been observed in rare instances, but it is probably nervous rather than vascular in origin.
Infective emboli are liable to lodge in the lung or pleura, and set up pulmonary abscess, gangrene of the lung, or empyema.
Death usually takes place from gangrene of the lung.
Amputation may become necessary shouldgangrene ensue from injury to the popliteal vessels, or if infective complications threaten the life of the patient.
An operation in which the skin is dissected up in the form of flaps may be required, but it should not be lightly entered upon, as in young children it has been known to be followed by gangrene of one or more of the digits.
The vessels may merely be pressed upon by the displaced bone, but the nutrition of the limb beyond is endangered and gangrene may ensue if early reduction be not effected.
The density and tension of the cervical fascia cause the pus to burrow downwards towards the mediastinal spaces of the thorax, where it may give rise to such complications as empyema, infective pericarditis, or gangrene of the lung.
Gangrene or sloughing of the extremities followed; a foot or a hand fell off, or the flesh of a whole limb was destroyed down to the bones, by a process which began in the deeper textures.
The seed of corruption that was within me developed very rapidly, and the gangrene pitilessly devoured all that was pure and saintlike about me.
And yet I was afraid for a minute of the gangrene that was gaining upon me, and I tried to leave my corrupter; but the floor seemed to have risen to my knees, and I was as if riveted to my place.
As a part of the phthisical process in diabetes, cavities of various sizes are found and gangrene of the lungs has been observed.
When gangrene supervenes the pain subsides, the pulse becomes weak and intermittent, the surface cold and clammy, and the patient soon dies in a state of collapse.
As the gangrene extends, the cauterization is to be repeated twice daily or even more frequently.
Gangrene of the mucous coat of the intestines has resulted from extensive hemorrhagic extravasations, and from a similar cause cutaneous gangrene has been known.
During this time the patient's strength remains tolerably well maintained, as a rule, until the gangrene has become well advanced.
In England, Boot was the first to write of gangrene of the mouth, and was followed by Underwood, Symmonds, Pearson, S.
Ulcerated surfaces are slow to heal, and gangrene supervenes sometimes spontaneously, but more often as the result of some trifling injury.
Cases of gangrene of even large portions of bowel are by no means necessarily fatal.
The chief danger is from gangrene of the limb, which is especially apt to result when the vein is wounded, or even too much handled during the operation.
It is very remarkable how very soon gangrene may come on, in a case of a small recent femoral hernia, in which the fibrous tissues constricting the neck of the sac are tense and undilatable.
Many surgeons would not amputate at all, others only through gangrenous parts; others more bold, only at the confines of parts in which gangrene had been artificially induced by tight ligatures.
Of the seven cases collected by Mr. Cock only two died, one of pneumonia, the other of gangrene of the pharynx.
The importance of the articular branches of the popliteal explain the danger of gangrene after a sudden rupture or increase in size of a popliteal aneurism.
Its condition must be carefully examined, and it must be decided whether the constriction has caused gangrene or not.
The man is an open sore on the flesh of the Constitution, and it must be cut away, lest gangrene seize the whole.
There 's a gangrene which is eating away the flesh, poisoning the whole body.
Sometimes a man or woman dropped down dead in the very markets; for many people that had the plague upon them knew nothing of it till the inward gangrene had affected their vitals, and they died in a few moments.
If gangrene has set in and no doctor is available, then treat as a burn.
By watching the toes and finger tips and loosening the tourniquet if they are becoming blue black and remain white when pinched, gangrene may be prevented.
Returning pinkness is a sign of thawing; if the parts turn a dark color, see a surgeon at once, for it means gangrene (death of the flesh).
Calcium gluconate and gas gangreneantitoxin as well as antibiotics are helpful.
In severe cases the tension due to edema obstructs venous and even arterial flow, in which case bacteria may multiply rapidly in the necrotic tissue and gangrene can occur.
Gangrene cannot ensue without obstruction in the blood-vessels; and congestion cannot take place without obstruction in that which sustains the globule.
There was no one there to see beyond the horror of the red, blind eye, of the dull, white eye, of the vile, gangrene smell.
For Marius had gas gangrene, and gangrene is death, and it was the smell of death that the others complained of.
But the Médecin Chef had already taught the students that gas gangrene may be recognized by the crackling and the smell, and the fact that the patient, as a rule, dies pretty soon.
And all about him was the vile gangrene smell, which made an aura about him, and shut him into himself, very completely.
Either wound would have been fatal, but it was the gas gangrene in his torn-out thigh that would kill him first.
Still, gas gangrene had developed, which showed that the Germans were using very poisonous shells.
As we have seen, this state of affairs is probably ushering in a condition of spreading suppuration of the coronary cushion, and considerable gangrene and sloughing of the skin.
In cases of great severity the gangrene of the keratogenous membrane spreads until the deeper structures are involved.
That gangreneof the tissues ("mortification" as our older writers called it) has occurred is soon made evident to the veterinarian by the symptoms shown by the patient.
It may be that in some odd cases, although it has not yet been our lot to meet with them, gangrene may terminate in the casting off of one or more hoofs.
Accordingly, as the formation of pus increases, we get pressure upon and final gangrene of the sensitive sole and of the sensitive laminæ of the bars and the wall.
In this, as in other forms of the disease, there may be a tendency togangrene of the skin.
A man was attacked with diffuse cellular inflammation of the inferior extremity, which terminated in two days with extensive gangrene of the skin.
Humid or traumatic gangrene frequently occurs without previous inflammation, the injury being so severe as at once to deprive the part of its vitality.
Gangrene is that state in which the larger arterial and nervous trunks still continue to perform their functions; a portion of the natural temperature remains, and the part may be supposed still capable of recovery.
The late Professor Dorsey mentions a case—that of a lady who previously enjoyed good health—in which the bite of the musketoe terminated in gangrene and death.
General depletion is not admissible unless at the very commencement of the disease, and local bleeding must be had recourse to with very great caution; for by copious abstraction of blood, gangrene may be induced, or at least hastened.
Illustration] The period at which the symptoms of gangrene appear after an accident varies, in general, according to the severity of the injury.
The lymphatic glands, in the neighbourhood of the gangrenous part, inflame and suppurate, the skin gives way, and the gangrene soon seizes the newly-formed sore.
In some cases, particularly when gangrene is imminent, and when the ulceration is extensive, there is danger of materially injuring the glans, if attempts at reduction are injudiciously persevered in.
Direct cause of death--Gangrene of both walls of stomach and pancreas following gunshot wound.
This portion of the bullet track was also gangrenous, the gangrene involving the pancreas.
Cause, gangrene of both walls of stomach and pancreas following gunshot wound.
I dip some packages of lint in cool water and try to make a cushion for him, but gangrene soon carries him off.
The chief causes are septic endometritis following labour or abortion, gangrene of a myoma, gonorrhoea, tuberculosis and cancer of the uterus; it sometimes follows the specific fevers.
The chief causes are sepsis following labour or abortion, extension of a gonorrhoeal vaginitis, or gangrene or infection of a uterine myoma.
The gangrene may spread over one half of the face of the side affected.
When Affected by Inflamation and Gangrene Necessitating an Operation.
Rub the injured part with turpentine and keep warm, and you will find this remedy to be one of the best to keep proud flesh out and gangrene that has ever been used.
Boulogne, but by the time I arrived, gangrene had set in, and the doctors there could do nothing for me.
While in the hospital, gangrene possomy set in and I was sent to Glasgow, Scotland, where I remained for many weeks.
He calls attention also to the result of ligation of one of the large vessels of an extremity, the inevitable result being just what we to-day know it must be, and the procedure terminating with gangrene of the limb.
Certainly when a patient dies of progressive gangrene he has outlived, perhaps, a large proportion of his millions of competent cells.
Gangrene is the common result of freezing a part of the human body, and that means local death.
As a secondary result of rupture of an artery we may have formation of abscess, gangrene of a part, etc.
When this occurs in a large vessel it may be followed by gangrene of the parts; usually, however, collateral circulation will be established to nourish the parts previously supplied by the obliterated vessel.
When the frog is severely bruised the injury is followed by suppuration beneath the horn, and at times by partial gangrene of the plantar cushion.
This is the most serious form of corns, for the reason that it may induce gangrene of the plantar cushion, cartilaginous quittor, or caries of the coffin bone.
Moist gangrene often spreads and involves deeper tissue, sheaths of tendons and joints producing septic synovitis or septic arthritis leading to pyemia and death.
For the proper treatment of gangrene of the lateral cartilage and extensor tendon and caries of the coffin bone reference may be had to the articles on quittors.
In dry gangrene moist heat in the form of poultices or anointing the tissue with oils and fats will be found beneficial in hastening the dead tissue to slough off.
In dry gangrene the skin is leathery and harsh, while in moist gangrene the tissues are soft, wrinkled, and friable; the hair is disturbed, and the skin is usually moist and soapy and sometimes covered with blebs.
In other cases a ragged opening is found in the frog, leading down to a mass of dead, sloughing tissues, which are pale green in color if gangrene of the plantar cushion has set in.
It is an antiputrid, and is especially indicated when septic complications and gangrene are present.
Excessive suppuration, lymphangitis, andgangrene are causes of a fatal termination by exhaustion.
