A KNOCK-OUT BLOW
a'o the Editor "N.Z. Times.") Sir,— I Though it is true that a blow on the larynx is a knock-out blow and may kill a'man, the ordinary knock-out blow is not on liic larynx, but on the* point of Uu; cliin. Tim result of such a blow js that the head is violently jarred backwards upon the spinal column and the odontoid process (as in hrntfinsj) may bo fractured. Anyone who lie- experienced tlv knock-out blow on the chin will remember that he lum been stiff all over the back and arm muscles, ami in-such a condition as to be unable to u.-e thorn to any purpose for a considerable lime. The explanation is that the spinal cord and the spinal nerves issuing from it have been coueinsod and are unable properly to perform their function. —I am, ole., \V. KINGTON TYFiTI, H.D. December 29th.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6704, 30 December 1908, Page 6
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148A KNOCK-OUT BLOW New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6704, 30 December 1908, Page 6
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