BY T. LONGMORE, ESQ., DEPUTY INSPECTOR–GENERAL OF HOSPITALS; PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SURGERY AT FORT PITT, CHATHAM. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1862. CONTENTS. GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN GENERAL. PAGE Definition of the term 9 History of the surgery of gunshot wounds 9 VARIETIES OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. Form and nature of missile 14 Grape–shot, canister, and spherical case 16 Musket–shot—Conical bullets 16 Bullets of various weights and sizes 17 Double bullets 18 Stones, and splinters of iron or wood 19 Degree of velocity 20 Increased by modern fire–arms 21 Comparison of round and conical balls 21 The Enfield and Whitworth rifles 22 Number of wounds in battle 22 Proportion to shots discharged 22 Spent balls 23 Lodgment of balls 24 Consequences of unextracted balls 25 Lodgment of an 8–pound ball 26 Illustrative cases 27 Fragments of shells 28 Fragments of bullets 29 Small foreign bodies 30 Internal wounds without external marks 32 Hypotheses concerning 32 Explanation concerning 33 Seat of injury 34 Course of balls 34 SYMPTOMS OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. Diagnostic symptoms 38 Appearances from various kinds of projectile 38 Apertures of entrance and exit 41 Pain of gunshot wounds 44 Shock of gunshot wounds 45 Primary hemorrhage 47 Prognosis of gunshot wounds 50