This skiagram is inserted to show the depth at which the bullet lay from the surface. |
The skiagram, or drawing in simple outlines, as in the circumscriptions of shadows. |
The skiagram shows well the result of lateral impact by the side of the bullet. |
The skiagram was taken five weeks after the injury was received, and at that time no union had occurred. |
Without the second skiagram the injury might have passed for a simple perforation or a transverse fracture. |
A skiagram shows the extent of the mass and its relationship to the femur. |