Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-09-28

language, by Mr.. Russell, some
pictures Of those sufIeripgs which
fall under the f'igbtful category Of
gup.shot wounds A medical gen
,lemaa has now collected n mum.
her Of cases from the late. Indian
mutiuy. with the view Of assisting
his profession. take n few samples
from this miscellany IA among the
horrors 81 war.
Private John Halliday received q
gun shot wound in tho head. which
carried away "a large portion Of
the scalp and bone" and left q
Large irregular opening" about
two inches in diameter. through
which the brain might have been
seen pulsstipg. This injury was
done by bite Of the telegraph wire
ingeniously cut mp into slugs 90
Private Obeary was stricken by a
large fragment Of shell. aud at iirst
appeared not to be seriously iaiaf-
ed. Presently he complained Of
headache and sickness. and "oru.
cial" inoiHion was at once made
Here was discovered a fracture aud
an opening left about the size Of
a shilling" The dura mater nj once
proiruded through the wound and
was puncturrd. In a few days con
vulsive fits cams on. with paralysis
aud he died oomatose. Poor private
0fearyf On postmurtem eramina
ton, one.halfof his head. internally,
was discovered to be mass Of blood
and "disorganised cerebral matter"
Private NIX emile had been hit in
the same place, and had several
large Fragments Of bone removed
rom him by means If an instrument
known "a IIey's saw. stll "ipflsmma
ton Of the brain aud ito membranes"
act In, aud the surgeons thought Of
making n closer examination. when
4 fragment IF bone was discovered
"edgeways," and sticking into the
dura mater Strange to say. pr
vate Mkorsie recovered. and ia
doing duty now.
Another soldier was brought in
with "aesrly half the roofof his skull
blown of by she'll" yet who held
on. till the tenth day.
Often, n ball striking on the scalp
splits into two pieces, 40 stout Ia the
bony texture Of the skull. One frag
ment, however, ia sure 10 penetrate.
Sometimes, IL leaves a clean round
hole with cracks radiatipg from IL in
all directions, M In broken pane Of
glass.
Often the ball cannot be found. and
has to be CROPPED for upsuccessfully,
with the probe. One wretohed pri-
vate had TO carry IL twenty Eve days
in his head. Another mans piece
burst In his hand, and part Of tho look
got embedded under his eye, too far
10 DO removed. Many more we're at
ilioted by ball making entrance just
behind tho ear, and passing out over
the temple.
Thon, como the bayonet wounds,
jagged, perplexing and painful. Now
has IL been thrust violently through
tho chest and lungs, and out at the
back, and IL an violently Withdraw
with q peculiar twist, whence come
suppuration, painful gaspipg for
breathe, and all manner of horrid ac-
compartments. Now IL has impaled
tho intcstipes producing strange com.
plication. Now IL has pierced the low.
or extremity Of tho heart, and curious
TO say, the victim has lived Gvo days.
The spipo comes In, too, for it's share
Of jury. A bullet skins through the
body, umashoe the lower vortebrm Of
tho column, makes its escape tho 9th.
or sido. Tho bones come away in lit
tic pieces. Tho new Mimic ball has,
wo are told. tho useful property Of
shivoring tho bono into numborlcss
splinters and fragments. The canon.
ical point act nv a wedge, aud the
scattering Of tho splin,ors adds much
to tho inflammation. SO tho dismal
catalogue runs on.
The real horrors Of war are played
out to tho utmost on tho hospital pal
lot when the theatrical business is all
over.