![Screenshot of a PDF.
Header in small caps: Republic of Pirates Medical Journal
Vol. I. Nassau, November 1717. No. 1
Original Contributions: Case Reports.
Title: A Series of Cases of Penetrating Stab Wounds of the Abdomen.
BY ROACH, M.D.†, L. SPRIGGS, M.O.A.‡
† Ship Doctor and Cook aboard the Revenge (Captained by S. Bonnet; then S. Bonnet & E. Teach; then E. Teach; then E. Teach & S. Bonnet).
‡ Cabin Boy, Scribe, and recently Medical Office Assistant aboard the Revenge, and to whom this Report was dictated by the first author.
First column:
During my service aboard the ship by the name of the Revenge, a series of unusual and interesting cases came under my care, the majority involving stab wounds of the abdomen. Here, the histories of five such cases are presented for instructive and illustrative purposes.
Case I. S.B., white male, æt. 48, admitted to the galley with a stab wound to the gut and a bruise around his neck from a noose (attempted hanging). The injuries were sustained on a Spanish navy ship during an altercation resulting from (non-literal) back-stabbing. Upon arrival, the patient was [the screenshot cuts off]
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Dr. Deathly Adder, a colleague from E.T.’s ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, assisted with the following procedures; the wound was treated with carbolized water in a mild solution; several lesions in the intestines were sutured (the number was not counted, and it is irrelevant in any case—the important thing is, they were sewed up); the wound was closed with several (a sufficient amount) sutures; bandages wrapped around the waist over the wound; the neck bruise assessed as superficial and not worth treatment; and the patient given opium and put on bedrest under voluntary vigilance by E.T.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2d74hydxy7ddvwk2bcumekv7/bafkreie2nv3453akvryjy7qrgsdi52ihus4pkm2ybfjwtg74kwsp7dtuqm)
Screenshot of a PDF.
Header in small caps: Republic of Pirates Medical Journal
Vol. I. Nassau, November 1717. No. 1
Original Contributions: Case Reports.
Title: A Series of Cases of Penetrating Stab Wounds of the Abdomen.
BY ROACH, M.D.†, L. SPRIGGS, M.O.A.‡
† Ship Doctor and Cook aboard the Revenge (Captained by S. Bonnet; then S. Bonnet & E. Teach; then E. Teach; then E. Teach & S. Bonnet).
‡ Cabin Boy, Scribe, and recently Medical Office Assistant aboard the Revenge, and to whom this Report was dictated by the first author.
First column:
During my service aboard the ship by the name of the Revenge, a series of unusual and interesting cases came under my care, the majority involving stab wounds of the abdomen. Here, the histories of five such cases are presented for instructive and illustrative purposes.
Case I. S.B., white male, æt. 48, admitted to the galley with a stab wound to the gut and a bruise around his neck from a noose (attempted hanging). The injuries were sustained on a Spanish navy ship during an altercation resulting from (non-literal) back-stabbing. Upon arrival, the patient was [the screenshot cuts off]
Second column:
Dr. Deathly Adder, a colleague from E.T.’s ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, assisted with the following procedures; the wound was treated with carbolized water in a mild solution; several lesions in the intestines were sutured (the number was not counted, and it is irrelevant in any case—the important thing is, they were sewed up); the wound was closed with several (a sufficient amount) sutures; bandages wrapped around the waist over the wound; the neck bruise assessed as superficial and not worth treatment; and the patient given opium and put on bedrest under voluntary vigilance by E.T.
For my first #TakeTwoTuesday here, I'll bring back this fic I wrote as a scientific paper (with a fully formatted PDF version), a post-S1 fix-it dictated by Roach to Lucius:
archiveofourown.org/works/47671456 (1879 words, rated T)
#ofmdfic #IdasOFMDfic
