Wounds and mechanical Injuries

Wounds and mechanical Injuries

WOUNDS AND MECHANICAL INJURIES

A wound may be defined as a ‘breach of continuity in the structures of the body, whether external or internal, suddenly occasioned by mechanical violence.’ The law does not define ‘a wound,’ but the true skin must be broken. Wounds are dangerous from shock, hæmorrhage, from the supervention of crysipelas or pyæmia, [...]

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