The wound was 19 inches in length and four
or five inches in breadth. When Dr. Kennedy first saw the patient he
had been carried in a boat and then in a palanquin for over five miles,
and at this time, three hours after the reception of the wound, Kennedy
freed the abdominal cavity of salt water and blood, thoroughly cleansed
the wound of the hair and the clots, and closed it with adhesive
strips. By the sixteenth day the abdominal wound had perfectly closed,
the lacerations granulated healthily, and the man did well. Boyle
reports recovery from extensive lacerated wounds from the bite of a
shark. Both arms were amputated as a consequence of the injuries.
Fayrer mentions shark-bites in the Hooghley.

Leprosy from a Fish-bite.--Ashmead records the curious case of a man
that had lived many years in a leprous country, and while dressing a
fish had received a wound of the thumb from the fin of the fish.
Swelling of the arm followed, and soon after bullae upon the chest,
head, and face. In a few months the blotches left from this eruption
became leprous tubercles, and other well-marked signs of the malady
followed. The author asked if in this case we have to do with a latent
leprosy which was evoked by the wound, or if it were a case of
inoculation from the fish?

Cutliffe records recovery after amputation at the elbow-joint, as a
consequence of an alligator-bite nine days before admission to the
hospital. The patient exhibited a compound comminuted fracture of the
right radius and ulna in their lower thirds, compound comminuted
fractures of the bones of the carpus and metacarpus, with great
laceration of the soft parts, laying bare the wrist-joint, besides
several penetrating wounds of the arm and fore-arm. Mourray gives some
notes on a case of crocodile-bite with removal of a large portion of
omentum. Sircar speaks of recovery from a crocodile-bite. Dudgeon
reports two cases of animal-bites, both fatal, one by a bear, and the
other by a camel. There is mention of a compound dislocation of the
wrist-joint from a horse-bite. Fayrer speaks of a wolf-bite of the
forearm, followed by necrosis and hemorrhage, necessitating ligature of
the brachial artery and subsequent excision of the elbow-joint.

Injuries from Lightning.--The subject of lightning-stroke, with its
diverse range of injuries, is of considerable interest, and, though not
uncommon, the matter is surrounded by a veil of superstition and
mystery. It is well known