This Article  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

WILLIAM WESLEY CARTER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1934;20(4):513-517.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The universal acceptance of the automobile as a vehicle providing pleasure and as an indispensable means for conveying both passengers and freight has created problems, some of which had no practical significance a generation ago. While the number of new roads and thoroughfares has increased enormously and the perfection of construction apparently has been reached, the number of cars and the increased speed with which they are driven introduce risks that may be reduced by improvement in the construction of the machine and by increased skill on the part of the driver, but they can never be eliminated.

In automobile accidents an important consideration that frequently affects both the primary gravity of the situation and the results of surgical procedures is the isolation of the locality where the accident occurs and the unavoidable delay in securing proper surgical attention. In these mishaps the nose is injured more frequently than any . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

Footnotes
Read before the Elizabeth, N. J., Medical Society, March 20, 1934.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?