As a rule, however, the diagnosis of concussion, especially if it is severe enough to be fatal, is easily made by the marks of external violence with or without intracranial lesions.
As we have already seen, the liver may be ruptured without the abdomen showing the marks of external violence.
Surgically a wound means a solution of continuity and refers to every such lesion produced by external violence or developing spontaneously.
In cases of spontaneous fractures there are no marks of external violence which, if present, would remove the idea of spontaneity.
When this artery has been injured by external violence, the wound of the integuments is generally large, and the bleeding profuse.
I have done so in several instances; in one case, the parts had perished by external violence; in another, they had been destroyed by some powerful escharotic.
These two forms are the upward and downward, both of which, but especially the latter, are so seldom witnessed that their occurrence may well be doubted, except as the result of external violence.
The affection can frequently be traced to exposure to cold; it may be the result of external violence; but is usually an extension of disease in the sockets of decayed teeth.
The extent of surface presented by the thoracic region, with its complete exposure at all points, explains the liability of the ribs to suffer from all the forms of external violence.
It may be caused by external violence, a crushing fall, pressure of some great weight, etc.
None of these cases have been traced to the effects of external violence, as falls, blows, &c.
It is quite possible for the intestine to be ruptured by external violence, and cases of rupture of all parts of the bowel have been recorded.
Saviard reported what he considered a rather unique case, in which the uterus was ruptured by external violence, the fetus being thrown forward into the abdomen and afterward extracted from an umbilical abscess.
Titorier gives the history of a case in which the colon was completely separated from the rectum by external violence.
The diaphragm may be ruptured by external violence (a fall on the chest or abdomen), or by violent squeezing (railroad accidents, etc.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "external violence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
