Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-08-28

much pxhaEsted by their wounds 10
survive the confusion that immediate.
~ preceded this happy transition.
The action terminated shortly after
three o'c'o k. and of about one hun.
dred men reported fit for duty in the
morning. tw enty one were found dead.
and sixty three wounded The wound
ed arteries occupied my first attention,
ali which, except where amputation
was required, were rendered secure
before il was dark. Having no assist
ant, uhe surgeon on board with me
being very sick) | deemed il safer to
defer amputatiug I'LL morning, and in
the mean time suffered the tourniQueis
to rem in on tn limbs Nothing more
VAS done throug tie night than 10 adj
minister opiates aud preserve shattered
limbs IN uniform position AT day.
Ignt subject was on the table for am
putAtion Of the thigh, and at eleven
o'clock all amputatlous were finished
The Impotence Of this class Of The
wounded TO meet the operation. rem
iered 1t necessary to take them IN the
succession IN which the, fell. Ihe
compound ani simple fractures were
next attended to, then Iuxa'ioDs. lace
railons and couiusiou~, Ill OF VI hich
occupied ny time ii! l2 O'Clock at
night
The day following, J. visited the
wounded of the Magma. who h,d
lain till that me with their wounds
undressed, j found The sul gcon sick
in bed, with hands too tscHie to exc
cute the dictates of a feeling hea -
Twenty ohe wounded were mustered.
most of whom were taken OF toaid
the lawrence and dressed, aud after
wards, such as were lying in like mar,
ner on board The smaller vessels. In
he course ofthe evening, the sick were
prescribed tor, which was the first at
tention | han been able torender them
sIlre the action.
The whole number Of wounded in
, the suuaoron was ninety Fix. Oftbese,
, tNeHty FIVE were cases Of compound
fracture, viz of the arm, six; Of the
thigh, four; of the leg, eight; of the
shoulder, three; CT the ribs, three; and
skull, one OF simple fracture four ca
ses, Viz of the thigh, !ag, arm and
ribs. Grape snot wounds were three;
end canister tonr The splinter and
the laterAted wounds, large and SIN II,
were thirty seven Inere were two
Cases Of conclusion of the brain, three
of the chest, and Two of the p'Ivis.--
The cootuoi0ns, large and small, W ere
ten. and sprains, six
Of the whole number three died.
Wig. mldshipman ClaAton, " ith com
pound fracture ofthe shoulder, in " hich
part of the ciavice, scarula and hu
mrius was carried away; seaman
with a modification of the lower ex-
tren'ity in which there had been
compound fracture, aud another, with
fracture Of the skull, where a part of
the cerebral substance W as destroyed.
The compound fractures of the cx
tremities were much retarded IN their
cue by the frequent displacement of
the bones, by the motion # the shipin
the rough water, or hy some other I'M
III ky displacement of the limb. En
this way the bones, in one case, did
rot mite, until after forty days had
elapsed, and in two or three other ca
ses, not unti' after 25 days The de
lay OF amPutations already mentioned,
had no effect DE success Of the ope
rations Every case did well
The recovery Of so great & proper
tlon Of The wounded, may. in great
measure, be attributed to the following
causes: LIST Tie the purity OF The ait.
The patients were ranged along on the
upper deck, with 10 other sh,ittr from
the " ehtl er, thln nigh WING 70
shade them They confined IN this
slitatlon fof a fortnight. and " hen ia
ken on shore. were placed IN very
spacious apartments, well ventilated .
2dly. To the supply of the food best
adapted to their Casts, as follcws::-
Fresh meat, milk, eggs, and vegeta
bles in abundance. The second day
after the action, the farmers on the o
hlo shore brought alongside every aru
Gle OF the above description that could
he desired Sd To the happy state of
mind which victory occasioDed TIE
observations which / have been able
to make On the wounded Of three en-
eagementS, have convinced me, that
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