Question

What had the patient,James Cornish suffered from???​

Answer 1

Answer:

The procedure performed on James Cornish, who was the victim of a bar-room brawl and had suffered a stab wound to the chest and the heart [2]. This was effected through a left thoracotomy with exposure of the pericardium and its contents.

Answer 2

Answer:

James Cornish had suffered from a serious knife wound. The knife had cut an artery less than an inch from his heart and punctured the pericardium.