White has described a case in which a nail broken off in the
foot, separated into 26 splinters, which, after intense
suffering, were successfully removed. There was a case recently
reported of a man admitted to the Bellevue Hospital, New York,
whose arm was supposed to have been fractured by an explosion,
but instead of which 11 feet of lead wire were found in it by the
surgeons. The man was a machinist in the employ of the East River
Lead Co., and had charge of a machine which converted molten lead
into wire. This machine consists of a steel box into which the
lead is forced, being pressed through an aperture 1/8 inch in
diameter by hydraulic pressure of 600 tons. Reaching the air, the
lead becomes hard and is wound on a large wheel in the form of
wire. Just before the accident this small aperture had become
clogged, and the patient seized the projecting wire in his hand,
intending to free the action of the machine, as he had previously
done on many occasions, by a sharp, strong pull; but in so doing
an explosion occurred, and he was hurled to the floor
unconscious. While on the way to the hospital in the ambulance,
he became conscious and complained of but little pain except
soreness of the left arm about the elbow.
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