Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from On Railway and Other Injuries of the Nervous System
Count de Lordat, a French officer of great rank and merit, whilst on his way to join his regiment, in April, 1761, had the misfortune to be overturned in his carriage from a pretty high and steep bank. His head pitched against the top of the coach; his neck was twisted from left to right; his left shoulder, arm, and hand much bruised. As he felt at the time little inconvenience from his fall, he was able to walk to the next town, which was at a considerable distance. Thence he pursued his journey, and it was not till the Sixth day that he was let blood on account of the injury to the Shoulder and hand.
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