Instructions for the treatment of gunshot wounds : according to the latest improvements in that interesting branch of surgery.

Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Instructions for the treatment of gunshot wounds : according to the latest improvements in that interesting branch of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    GUN-SHOT WOUNDS. GUN-SHOT WOUNDS, whether from musket ball, cannon ball or fragments of shell, are to be considered as contused wounds, the inward surface of which is gene- rally deadened by the ball or projected sub- stance, and is afterwai'ds separated by the process of suppuration and thrown off in the form of a slough. This circumstance pre- vents such wounds from healing by the first intention or by means of the adhesive inflam-