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was turbid and ammoniacal. The patient's bladder was washed out, and 

 his bedsores attended to. In spite of all treatment, he got gradually 

 weaker, and died, partly of exhaustion, and partly of septic absorption, 

 about two months after his admission. 



The portion suspended above shows well the compression 

 and crushing of tlie anterior part of the body of the twelfth, 

 with the forward displacement of the eleventh dorsal vertebra, 

 so as to diminish the spinal canal by drawing the laminse 

 of the eleventh towards tlie upper part of the body of the 

 twelfth. The portion of the specimen suspended below shows 

 the effect of this displacement upon the lower end of the cord, 

 and the nerves accompanying it. G. C. 3316. 



Presented by A. G. Miller, F.R.C.S.E. 



3. 86. Dislocation forwards of the eleventh, with Fracture 

 and crushing" backwards of the Body of the twelfth 

 Dorsal Vertebra. — Last two dorsal and upper two lumbar 

 vertebrae — cleaned and dried — showing the above injury. The 

 right halves of the bodies have been removed, so as to dis- 

 play the canal from the front. 



The patient lived for about six weeks after the accident. 

 The crushing backwards of the last dorsal body has been 

 so great that at their anterior margins, the lower border of the 

 eleventh dorsal and tlie upper border of the first lumbar verte- 

 brae almost touch, and the body of the twelfth dorsal vertebra 

 has been crushed back upon the canal, so as to com- 

 pletely obliterate it. F. P. C. 51. 



3. 87. Dislocation forwards of the last Dorsal, with 

 Fracture and Displacement of the first Lumbar 



VertebrSB. — Section of the bodies and laminse of the last 

 two dorsal and first four lumbar vertebrae — with the muscles 

 cleaned off" — in spirit, showing the above condition. 



The i)atient was a coal miner, and while working in a pit was 

 struck on the back by a mass of earth. 



