Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-01
VOL. 10 NO. Is.
Military Surgery.

The recent bloody action at Bull RIM
and The Suffering in which hundreds of the
wounded are now involved, is calling npb-
lie attention TO the art Of healing as applied
TO the camp certain class Of wounds
are Instantaneons!y fatal, these are chiefly
injurious ct the PeroDic Derves-one Of
whicil is found on either side ofthe neck
certain injuries of the spinal cord, and the
sympathetic nerves. Wounds of the Ijeert
are not necessarily fatal at the moment
The sympathetic nerves are found radiat
ing from centers about the heart and
stomach, and il severely wounded, death
follows instaneeusly. If the heart be
pierced by ball which does not strike the
ABOVE parts, the patient may live several
DAYS. But as the sympathetic nerves
randy over the heart. that organ is seldom
wounded without immediate death.
Any wound producing violent concussiop
OF the Drain is likewise Immediately fatal
tor TINS reason, shots taking effect on the
head generally produce such a result.
Among the wounds not Immediately IA
tai may be mentioned those in the stons
ach-when this organ is pierced by a shot
one sefccm RECEIVERS, but death does not
supervene for several DAYS. Some yyonnss
~ the brain may be tbus classed-as
well as injuries demanding amputation If
both legs above the knee. II was G,ond
That above all the amputations growing ont
ci tue Astor Place riot proved fatal And
IN the Crimean war almost all amputations
81 the thigh exhibited the same result
Gun shot wounds are the most trving tn
the surgeons skill, as they generaIiy shat.
ter the frame, dis0rganizing the surrounds
ing parts. The MIME ball is generally
fatal, whereas the old bullet left many
chances OF recovery The STYLE and pIace
OF wounds differ according to skin and
practice. AT one Of the recent battles he-
tween the Union and the rebel trnons. the
former were chiefly wounded in the Leo
In large battles mary bleed TO death he
lore they can receive attention this NAV
result from sight wound. and bence every
soldier should know how to make t,oyIui
quet. It is customary for the surgeons To
aInputation on the field When there is
prospect OF approaching action, the sur
geon selects some convenient place of Sc,
cluded character, and there unrolls his lint
aud bandages and oranges his aids. Here
the wounded are carried and cared fnr nm
I'll they can, be taken TO some peryaanrnt
hospital In the Mexican war thew eenef
ally selected The clay pits which wore f,und
scattered through the country as surgeons
headquarters, and these rude places of re.
let were dignified by the nsme of Field
Hospitals" When a man falls in a line
OF defence or attack, If dead he is lefs hut
II wounded, two men are detailed 70 renove
him. In well regulated armies on one is
allowed to do this without orders. and otA
erwise, under such yretences, every COW
ard might desert his post
Troops are generally DESTROYS of woun-
DING their foes instead Of killing then, as in
the former case three men are removed
from the field ofaction whereas in the latter
case but one.
Inc system OF the field surgery in our
army is very imperfect, and we b1rc will
receive increased attention. The French
and Prusians, who understand these THINGS
have a medical bridge which passes over
the mold IN the midst of action and deyotes
particular attention to the wounded.