Physicians who were
quickly summoned from the immediate neighborhood detected faint
signs of life; they also found a deformity of the neck, which led
them to suspect dislocation. An ambulance was called, and without
any effort being made to relieve the deformity the man was placed
in it and driven to his home about a mile distant. The jolting
over the rough roads greatly aggravated his condition. When Doyle
saw the patient, his general appearance presented a hopeless
condition, but being satisfied that a dislocation existed, Doyle
immediately prepared to reduce it. Two men were told to grasp the
feet and two more the head, and were directed to make careful but
strong extension. At the same time the physician placed his right
hand against the neck just over the pomum Adami, and his left
against the occiput, and, while extension was being made, he
flexed the head forward until the chin nearly touched the breast,
after which the head was returned to its normal position. The
manipulation was accompanied by a clicking sensation, caused by
the replacement of the dislocated vertebra. The patient
immediately showed signs of relief and improved rapidly.
Perceptible but feeble movements were made by all the limbs
except the right arm.
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