How Long to Read War Surgery of the Abdomen

How Long Does it Take to Read War Surgery of the Abdomen?

It takes the average reader and 47 minutes to read War Surgery of the Abdomen by Sir Cuthbert Wallace

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... the colon, small gut, and spleen. Bullets passing in an antero-posterior direction make small perforations. Shrapnel balls cause larger perforations, the edges of which are more excoriated than is the case with bullet wounds; the larger size and rounder form of the ball cause it to bruise the wall before it bursts its way through. Shell and bomb fragments make wounds commensurate with their size and shape. When the axis of the flight of the projectile is more or less parallel to the walls of the stomach, the wounds become larger--sometimes a linear slit, sometimes a linear slit followed by a perforation, to which the name of " note of exclamation wound " may be given. The linear type of wound isnearly always on the anterior surface. When the projectile passes in through the epigastrium and out by the axilla, the slits tend to become parallel to the greater curvature. When the missile takes a more vertical course, the wounds are inclined at an angle to the greater curvature, and the anterior wall of the stomach, or its antral portion, may be almost completely divided. Projectiles hitting the greater or lesser curvature in an antero FIo. l0.--Bullet wound of anterior wall of stomach. The wound extended half an inch on to the posterior wall. The right gastro-epiploic artery was divided. Under care of Captain Hamilton Drummond. (Medical Society and Brit. Journ. of Surgery.) posterior direction sometimes cause rather extensive V-shaped injuries involving both walls. Occasionally the wound is a valvular one, preventing the escape of the contents. Bruises or cuts in the peritoneum or muscular coats are not infrequently met with. Gangrene of the wall has resulted from injury to the gastrosplenic omentum. The mucous membrane does not...

How long is War Surgery of the Abdomen?

War Surgery of the Abdomen by Sir Cuthbert Wallace is 46 pages long, and a total of 11,776 words.

This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read War Surgery of the Abdomen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 4 minutes to read War Surgery of the Abdomen aloud.

What Reading Level is War Surgery of the Abdomen?

War Surgery of the Abdomen is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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