WIND-CONTUSION
\wˈɪndkəntjˈuːʒən], \wˈɪndkəntjˈuːʒən], \w_ˈɪ_n_d_k_ə_n_t_j_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
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In surg. a contusion, such as rupture of the liver, concussion of the brain, unaccompanied by any external mark of violence, supposed to be produced by the air when rapidly displaced by the velocity of a projectile, as a cannon-ball. It is now, however, considered to be occasioned by the projectile itself striking the body in an oblique direction, the comparative escape of the external soft tissues being accounted for by the degree of obliquity with which the missile impinges on the elastic skin, together with the position of the internal structures injured relatively to the impingement of the ball on one side and hard resisting substances on another.
By Daniel Lyons
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Platidiam
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