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17884056

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Major Meurice Sinclair was a Regular Army Medical Officer who revolutionised the management and treatment of gunshot fractures during the First World War, particularly those of the femur which carried the highest mortality. Not only did his methods reduce mortality but they increased the ease of nursing and hence the comfort of the wounded to a marked degree. His system of traction on the Thomas splint, in suspension, gained general acceptance such that he gave lectures and demonstrations to the medical officers of the allied forces, for which he was thrice mentioned in despatches and subsequently appointed CMG. Central to his method was the concentration of the fracture cases within certain hospitals to standardise and improve their management. This he was able to achieve through the good offices of Sir Almroth Wright who was Consultant Physician to the British Expeditionary Force. His methods reduced the death rate in open fractures of the femur from 80% generally, to 7.3% in his own hospital. He left a legacy that bore fruit both in the treatment of civilian fractures after the war but also in the second war of 1939-1945.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1879-0267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-70
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Meurice Sinclair CMG: a great benefactor of the wounded of the First World War.
pubmed:affiliation
roger_austin@talk21.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Biography, Historical Article