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SURGICAL EXPERIENCES
IN
SOUTH AFRICA
1899-1900
BEING MAINLY A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF INJURIES PRODUCED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE
BY
GEORGE HENRY MAKINS, F.R.C.S.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THE TEXT
TEMPERATURE CHARTS
SURGICAL EXPERIENCES
IN
SOUTH AFRICA
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
General Consideration of the Number of Men Killed and Wounded
TABLE I
TABLE II
Showing Proportion of Mortality amongst Men Hit, (a) on the Field, (b) during the First Forty-eight Hours
TABLE III[4]
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II
MODERN MILITARY RIFLES AND THEIR PROJECTILES IN RELATION TO INJURIES PRODUCED BY THEM ON THE HUMAN BODY
TABLE I
TABLE II.—Penetration
Metres per Second
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III
GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WOUNDS PRODUCED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE
Type Wounds
Wounds of Irregular Type
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV
INJURIES TO THE BLOOD VESSELS
Nature of the Lesions
Results of Injury to the Vessels
Treatment of Hæmorrhage
Traumatic Aneurisms
Effects of Aneurismal Varix or Varicose Aneurism on the Circulation
Aneurismal Varices
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V
INJURIES TO THE BONES OF THE LIMBS
Fractures of the Shafts of the Long Bones
Lesions of the Short and Flat Bones
Special Fractures
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI
INJURIES TO THE JOINTS
Wounds of the Joints
CHAPTER VII
INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK
Anatomical Lesions
Wounds of the Head not Involving the Brain
Wounds of the Neck
CHAPTER VIII
INJURIES TO THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND SPINAL CORD
Injuries to the Spinal Cord accompanying Small-calibre Bullet Wounds of the Vertebræ
CHAPTER IX
INJURIES TO THE PERIPHERAL NERVE TRUNKS
Injuries to Special Nerves
Cases of Nerve Injury
CHAPTER X
INJURIES TO THE CHEST
CHAPTER XI
INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN
Injuries To the Intestinal Tract
Cases From the Action at Karee
Injuries to the Solid Abdominal Viscera
Wounds of the External Genital Organs
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII
ON SHELL WOUNDS
INDEX
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