LECTURE I.

A wound made by a musket-ball is essentially a contused wound;

sometimes bleeds; attended by shock and alarm, particularly when from

cannon-shot, or when vital parts are injured; secondary hemorrhage

rare. Entrance and exit of balls. Course of balls. Position. Treatment:

cold or iced water; no bandage to be applied; wax candles. Progress of

inflammation. Extraction of balls in flesh wounds; manner of doing it.

Dilatation; when proper. Bayonet wounds; delusion respecting them. pp.

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