Without the second skiagram the injury might have passed for a simple perforation or a transverse fracture.
Only two small fragments of the mantle were retained, as seen in the skiagram.
The skiagram was taken five weeks after the injury was received, and at that time no union had occurred.
(41a) This skiagram is inserted to show the depth at which the bullet lay from the surface.
This affection may be associated with a spinous projection from the bone, which is capable of being recognised in a skiagram.
