The external evidence ofdamage to the bone is so slight and so liable to be misleading, that little reliance can be placed upon it.
Wounds of the eyelids are liable to be complicated by damage to the lachrymal apparatus, leading to stenosis of the canaliculus and persistent watering of the eye.
On no account should the patient be moved to enable the back to be examined, as this is attended with risk of increasing the displacement and causing further damage to the cord.
These result from stabs or gun-shot accidents, and are practically equivalent to compound fractures of the spine; their severity depends on the extent of the damage done to the cord, and on whether or not the wound is infected.
The prognosis depends on the success which attends the efforts to make and to keep the wound aseptic, as well as on the extent of damage to the tissues.
In rare cases these injuries are accompanied by damage to the intestine, the rectum, the sacral nerves, or the iliac blood vessels.
As the bodies are not separated, damage to the cord is exceptional.
Despite the severe damage the economy has suffered due to civil strife, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 1995, achieving positive GDP growth and curtailing inflation.
A growing perception that many of Latvia's banks facilitate illicit activity could damage the country's vibrant financial sector.
One of the conditions of surrender was that the victorious troops should not do any damage to the city.
The church steeples, like the keeps of the Norman castles, were usually the last places of refuge for the defenders of a town, and many of them suffered great damage in consequence during the war.
I During the latter part of the seventeenth century the people of Cheshire began to repair the damage done to the churches, mansions, and public buildings during the Civil Wars.
The empty niches over the porches of many Cheshire churches tell their own tale of the damage done by the Cromwellian troops.
This globe of fire did no damage and burnt nothing.
They killed one man, several animals, and did much damage to the trees and houses in the vicinity.
We may take next, by way of contrast, the case of one which wreaked terribledamage and loss of life.
Fortunately thedamage done was much less than was supposed.
The speed at which she was driven was attended with some damage to the vessel and considerable discomfort to her crew, but immediate armament was a pressing necessity, and haste was made the first consideration.
But the Flight would not be denied, and drove in through the storm of bullets, planted their bombs and gave the ground gunners a good peppering, and got away with no further damage than a lot of bullet holes in wings and fuselages.
Dennis headed back home to bring up a fresh stock of bombs, and, if he could, damage the train beyond possibility of moving, although he feared it was rather a large contract for a scout's light bombs.
On the ground they noticed the casualty, and, fearing the pilot might not be aware of the extent of the damage and try to land without calculating on it, they fired a light and signalled him.
True, there could be no minimizing of the event either in the matter of casualties ordamage done.
Evidently the rebels had got wind of this intention, however, and though much damage was done, practically no casualties were scored, the rebels getting away through the basement or along the roofs.
This is the third tower erected on the same spot; the two which preceded it suffered so much damage from the sea that they had to be rebuilt.
The commons of Assisi were to repair in a certain measure the damagedone to the lords, and the latter agreed, on their part, to make no further alliances without authorization of the commons.
The fire had scorched the back of their shelter but no serious damage had been accomplished.
The damage isn't worth mentioning, and it's opened our eyes to the fact that we have dangerous neighbors who will bear watching from this time out.
If heavy rains happen at this critical period, they will wash this excrescent substance off, and thereby damage the plants.
Among these are the cotton caterpillar and the boll-worm, the former being propagated from eggs deposited by a moth, which do great damage if allowed to hatch, by the larva feeding upon the plant.
There is also the parasitic weed Dodder (Cuscuta Trifolii), which occasionally does damage to the crop.
Unfortunately this country has pests, not like the old Biblical plagues, but which give much trouble and do a certain amount of damage to the cotton crop.
The Spaniards were unarmed, all except the sergeant of the company, who had a sword and executed considerable damage with it, killing many.
He was promised pardon if he would take charge of that piece, as he did, to the damage of the enemy.
By this means the powder was preserved, the loss of which would have been felt keenly, besides the damage that would have resulted from its explosion.
The damage inflicted by them was through the open ports; while we saw that our balls passed through the Dutch ships from side to side, and then went bounding through the water.
What amount of direct damage the enemy received I will not attempt to say.
Davidson hit the great ship full and fair, causing great consternation on board, but the torpedo charge was only fifty-three pounds of powder and it failed to break in her sides, although considerable damage was done.
We set to work to make good the damage as best we could, with thin strips of buffalo-hide, and started homewards; but without buying our robes, not daring to add to our weight.
Sidenote: Cannons Stop For Dinner] At one o'clock the cannonading suddenly ceased and for one hour we were at liberty to go above and see the damage that had been done.
He is going to make your uncle pay for the damage done.
The storm was a thing of the past, and no other damage of importance had been done.
Well, I'll pay for the damage done--as soon as I get the money.
Say, if that dam gave way it would do a lot of damagebelow the Falls," said another.
But others did not forget about the blowing up, and the damage done had to be settled for by Mr. Aaron Poole, who was his brother's guardian and manager of his estate for the time being.
Finally, in 1870, the German shells did great damage and set a fire which calcined the lower part of the portal.
It is in much less danger of damage to itself or of delays to ships from the flood-waters of the Chagres and other streams.
And the inconvenience and damage resulting from transhipment, from which a through service through the canal is free, will also be a considerable point in favour of the waterway.
It is so well and truly constructed that nothing short of an earthquake could ever seriously damage it.
The daily papers were filled with the account of the damage done in Rome by the recent earthquake, but the list of those dead or lost was not yet complete, as so many were buried under the debris of fallen buildings.
Then Mr. Fabian turned to the little man and said: "We had better see how muchdamage is done to the roadster.
This is owing to their clumsy design of telling what they think will exalt the rebel and damage the loyal party, without always perceiving that these statements cut more ways than one.
Then at 40 yards the whole crew blazed away with their rifles, doing no damage whatever.
The fire has done no damage here as yet, the axe has left no trace, there are no houses, no sign of man except occasional teepee poles.
Well, Sir John decided that we might just as well have a second shot at the boat while our hand was in; and so we did, but trained it too high in our excitement and did no damage beyond knocking a hole in her mainsail.
