By Theodore A. McGraw, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the Detroit Medical

College.

1. Foreign Body in the Forearm.

GENTLEMEN-This young man was brought to the clinic by Dr. D. He came under the doctor's care a few days ago with the following history: Seven weeks ago, while at work in a saw-mill, he was wounded by a piece of board, which was thrown against his left forearm with great velocity from a circular saw. The limb was rendered useless, and the physician who was first called diagnosed the case as a fracture of the radius, and, paying no attention to the apparently slight wound of the skin, put on splints. The wound healed and remained closed for several weeks, but the patient suffered great pain, and became, as you see, pale and emaciated. Shortly after he came under the care of Dr. D. the wound broke open and began to discharge matter, and the doctor, suspecting the presence of more evil than is appar ent, has brought him here for examination.

On lifting the forearm out of the sling in which it lies, we find it swollen and discolored. About midway on its radial aspect, a