CHAPTER III

GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE

Type wounds--Nature of external apertures--Direct course of wound track--Multiple wounds--Small bore and sharp localisation of tracks--Clinical course--Mode of healing--Suppuration--Wounds of irregular type--Ricochet--Mauser bullet--Lee-Metford bullet--Expanding bullets--Altered bullets--Large sporting bullets--Symptoms--Psychical disturbance and shock--Local shock--Pain--Haemorrhage--Diagnosis--Prognosis--Treatment 55