The liquor imbibed increases the amount of urine, and the
state of blunted consciousness makes the call to empty the
bladder less appreciated. The intoxicated person is also liable
to falls, and is not so likely to protect himself in falling as a
sober person.
Gunshot Wounds of the Bladder.--Jackson relates the remarkable
recovery of a private in the 17th Tennessee Regiment who was shot
in the pelvis at the battle of Mill Springs or Fishing Creek, Ky.
He was left supposedly mortally wounded on the field, but was
eventually picked up, and before receiving any treatment hauled
164 miles, over mountainous roads in the midst of winter and in a
wagon without springs. His urine and excretions passed out
through the wounds for several weeks and several pieces of bone
came away. The two openings eventually healed, but for twenty-two
months he passed pieces of bone by the natural channels.
Eve records the case of a private in the Fifth Tennessee Cavalry
who was shot in the right gluteal region, the bullet penetrating
the bladder and making its exit through the pubis. He rode 30
miles, during which the urine passed through the wound. Urine was
afterward voided through the left pubic opening, and spicules of
bone were discharged for two years afterward; ultimate recovery
ensued.
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