Gunshot injuries: their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore.

  • Longmore, T. (Thomas), Sir, 1816-1895.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Gunshot injuries: their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CHAPTEE VII PROPORTIONS OF SLIGHT TO SEVERE WOUNDS IN BATTLE Relatively slight wounds Men fit for sitting transport Numbers in various wars Severer wounds . Men requiring recumbent posture PAGE 728 728 729 729 729 Numbers in various wars Ratios of slight to grave wounds. In various wars . General conclusion on the sub- ject PAGE 729 730 731 732 CHAPTER VIII ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT INJURIES IN TIME OP WAR Causes of these injuries . . 732 Number in New Zealand war . 732 Injuries not by gunshot . . 732 Injuries not inflicted in action . 733 Number in Crimean war . . 733 In the Italian war of 1859 . . 733 CHAPTER IX ULTIMATE RESULTS OP GUNSHOT WOUNDS INFLICTED IN WAR General remarks . Final results in army returns Number of wounded who cover .... Number of men invalided . 733 733 733 733 Exact statistics not easy to be got 734 Final disposal of invalids . . 734 Of men wounded in the Crimea . 735 Application of the statistics . 735 Concluding remarks . . . 735 APPENDIX Notes and References arranged and numbered according to Sections 737 The Geneva Convention of 1864 794 INDEX 797