Part 3

Observations on 93

Non–penetrating 94

Penetrating 94

Of the diaphragm 99 Fatality of 99

Treatment 100

GUNSHOT WOUNDS OF THE PERINEUM AND GENITOURINARY ORGANS.

Statistics of in the Crimea 101

GUNSHOT WOUNDS OF THE EXTREMITIES.

Frequency of 103

Division of 103

Pyemia from 104

Upper extremity 105 Percentage of recoveries from, without amputation 106

Lower extremity 109 When to amputate and when to be avoided 109 The femur 110 Statistics of cases of 110 Proportions of recoveries in amputations in 114 Fractures in the middle and lower third of the femur 116 Statistics in fractures of the leg, in the Crimean war 117

AMPUTATION.

Advantages of primary as compared with secondary 117

SECONDARY HEMORRHAGE.

Reasons for its occurrence 120 Not uncommon in deeply–penetrating wounds of the face 121 Rule of treatment 122

WOUNDS OF NERVES.

Temporary or complete paralysis caused by 122 Amputations sometimes necessary 122

TETANUS.

Statistics of 124 Treatment 125

HOSPITAL GANGRENE 126

PYEMIA 126

ANESTHESIA IN GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

Chloroform 126 Views respecting its use in secondary operations 129 Mode of administering 130

AFTER–USEFULNESS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

Observations upon 131 General summary 131

GUNSHOT WOUNDS.