first | are torn across. | 2. After a few hours, or days, | 2. No evidence of repair, or there will be suppuration or | inflammation, or gangrene can other sign of repair; | be detected. inflammation or gangrene may | also supervene as in incised | wounds. | -----------------------------------+--------------------------------- Contused Wounds. -----------------------------------+--------------------------------- | 1. There is swelling, and, after | 1. There is little swelling or a few hours or a few days, if | change of colour. deep-seated, the skin changes | colour, particularly at the | edges. | | 2. There is effusion of liquid | 2. Very little blood is effused. blood and lymph in the deeper | There are hardly any clots. parts, and coagula form. | | | 3. The swelling subsides and the | 3. There are no rainbow-like or colours fade after some days, | prismatic changes of colour. or, in some cases, weeks. | | | 4. Abscesses may form, or | 4. No abscesses form, and no ulceration, sloughing, | erysipelas or dangerous or erysipelas set in. | changes are met with. -----------------------------------+--------------------------------- 4. Gunshot Wounds