The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

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The Wounded , Guardsman at Wimbledon.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,

Sir,—For-the infortmtion and satisfaction of the
public, who are evidently so much interested in the
welfare of the poor man Cooper, who was acci-
dentally shot on Thursday last at the Wimbledon
butts, I beg you will be 60 good as to allow me to
convey through your columns an authentic account
of his present condition, more particularly as I hear
and see so many erroneousstatements or mm.
A penetrating wound of the cavity of the chest
must always be a very serious affair, but it by no
means necessarily follows that because a man re.
c.,q,-,es a wound of this or any other cavity of the
body by a rlfh; bnli, t, th aperture of whose en-
trance and enit shall be opposite, that the intervtin-
ing coattined organs are invdriablv completely
penetrated. So much depends upon a variety of
circumstances connected both with the position of
the individual firing, as Nve.l as of the man who is
shot, &c., which are well understood by all experil
enced military surgeons, and duly taken into
consideration before venturing to pronounce any
definite prognosis as to the probable issue of the
wound.

I Now, in this case, if the bullet had transfixed the
intervening structures which exist between the
anterior and posterior parts of the chest, the most
important structures of the left lung would have
been wounded, as also some part of the heart itself,
and only a fatal result could be anticipated. Such,
however, in my opinion, after a careful examination,
and taking every circumstance into consideration,
was not the course of the bullet, and I ventured to
pronounce that the poor fellow's chance was by no
means so hopeless, lam happy to feel daily more
confirmed in that view, but, unfortunately, the
future results of the accident may, I fear, be much
complicated by the fact that the bullet still remains,
no attempt having been made to extract it from its
reported position in front of the chest after the first
receipt of the injury.

The man is blessed with an unimpaired constitu-
tion, end his temperament is most favourable, which
no doubt will serve him hereafter ; but if he has this
to be thankful for, and the hairbreadth escape of
sudden death which, under Providence, he has had,
how much must he ever feel indebted, if he should
ultimately recover, to the humane and anxious
solicitude of Lord and Lady Elcho, who have been
so unceasing in every effort to provide for his
smallest comfort ? And I can but feel that the
remembrance of this must always be a deep source
of gratitude to every soldier of the Brigade of
Guard?, so many of whom have been associated with
these annual Volunteer meetings, and now express
so much sympathy for the sufferings of their
wounded comrade.--I have the honour to be, Sir,
your obedient servant,

JOHN WYATT,
Surgeon-Major, Coldstream Guards.
Guards' Hospital, Vincent square, July 24.

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