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Ght leg caught in the spokes of a carriage wheel. The child was picked up unconscious,
with its thigh
entirely severed, and the bone broken
off about the middle third; about three inches higher the muscles were torn from the sheaths and appeared as if cut with a knife. The great sciatic nerve
was found hanging 15 inches from the stump, having given way from its division
in the popliteal space. The child died in twelve hours. One of the most interesting features of the case was the rapid cooling of the body after the accident and prolongation of the coolness with
slight variations until death ensued. Ashurst remarks
that while the cutaneous surface of the stump was
acutely sensitive to the touch, there was no manifestation of pain evinced upon handling the exposed nerve. With reference to injuries to the sciatic nerve, Kuster
mentions the case of a strong man of thirty, who in walking slipped and fell on his back. Immediately
after rising to his feet he felt
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