Fat embolism: Report of a case, with review of the literature

Massive Surgical Emphysema, Pneumothorax, Pneumoperitoneum

“…What makes this more extraordinary is that the British surgeon has written so little about it. When Watson (1937) wrote a full account of a case he appended a copious bibliography of some 50 items, in which the only paper from a British source was one dated 1882. Since then Robb-Smith (1941) has dealt fully with the condition from a pathological standpoint, Rowlands and Wakeley (1941) have recorded three cases, and Wilson and Salisbury (1944) eight cases in 1,000 battle casualties.…”

Genesis of fat emboli.

“…Ether anaesthesia was once incriminated as a cause of pulmonary fat embolism in man (Watson, 1937), but more recent observations using lipaemic dogs have failed to confirm this (Davies and Peltier, 1961). The alpha-toxin of Cl.…”

A Note on Fat Embolism

“…What makes this more extraordinary is that the British surgeon has written so little about it. When Watson (1937) wrote a full account of a case he appended a copious bibliography of some 50 items, in which the only paper from a British source was one dated 1882. Since then Robb-Smith (1941) has dealt fully with the condition from a pathological standpoint, Rowlands and Wakeley (1941) have recorded three cases, and Wilson and Salisbury (1944) eight cases in 1,000 battle casualties.…”