New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-28
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WOUNDSINFLICTED
, DOCTOR.S VIEW on TIE EFFECTIVE
NESS OF THE IIIGH-POWER
MODERN RIFLE.


Dauntless. off Marine Camp. Guantanamo Bay
Cuba June 90 via Port Antonio. Jamaica-tver
since the introduction Of the modern high-power'
srnall-calbre rifle among the armies or the "orlu
there has been intense interest in the medlca pro-
fession. as well among laymcn. to know the Ell
feet OF the arm in the character OF the WOUNDS
it would niict and the proportion OF mortality 10
wounded. Opportunities for observation In TINS
line have been limited but medical men have their
eyes prospective batteheds In cuba TO tell ther
more less grewsome story. The data so iar
furnished BY the fighting around Camp McCaiia
indicates that the story Will be rather moro grew
some than less
Through the courtesy OF Or. Orlando Quicker OF
the American Medical Association who accom-
panied the Dauntless on her last trip to Guanta-
namo Bay. The Associated Press IL able 10 give
brief expert statement regarding the wounds IN
ficted by the Mausers and Lee rifles In the hrs'
land skirmishes OF the Cuban war.
STUDYING BATTLEFIELD SURGERY.
Or. Quicker is in Cubs to study the practical as
poets OF battlefield surgery well az tropical ds-
eases and their treatment in tho army OF invasion
In company with DR. Quicker and Surgeon Edgar
OF the Marine Corps. The Associated Press CORE
spondent yesterday went over the battered OF
Cusco Mountain 10 examine the bodies there from
a mcdco- surCica, standpoint. sight OF the battle
field gave the impression OF a bigger fight than
had been conveyed by the cold official statement
OF the case at Camp McCalla last Tuesday The
additional bodies found raised the estimate OF
Spanish killed from hfty-eght the first days count
TO over seventy-hve many bullet-perced stra"
hats littering the ravne where the Spaniards made
their last disastrous retreat The narrow glen was
literally sown with empty Mauser shells for hail
mile while cactus plants were plentifully peppered
with the teltale bullehoes and trees were SCARED
and twigs were hanging in PROPULSION along the
close-grown footpath. There were Only elghl
corpses found in condition 10 examine. and OF
yultures had left itte besides greasy skeletons.
few clothes and an all-pervading odor. Inc en-
thusiasm Of the medical men. It may be remarked
was not bound by such trvialities as these They
fitted from corpse TO corpse, Ike botanists engage"
In the examination OF rare orchids. remarking Win
scientific enthusiasm on the new facts disclosed by
each examination The party, returning. carried
TWO bullet punctured Spanish skulls as trophies OF
the chase to the great amusemen, Of the enlisted
men and the doubtful wonder Of the Cuban irreeu-
EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALI~CALlBRE RIFLES
To insure the accuracy Of the medical statements
made Dr. Ducker's report is given In his OWL
words follows:
The effectiveness Of rifles Of small calibre. but
of great initial velocity. ike the Krag-Jorgens"h
or Mauser for instance should be- regarded as set
tied II we accept the results Of the battle or 'usc'
Mountain. on June H. one OF our soldiers receive"
a flesh wound in the left arm at distance OF Two
hundred yards. Inc bail STRUCK JUST "'''" NV -
how as tn, arm was being extended (semi-heNed'
The wound at the entrance was no .arger than
the bullet. but the exit was a terrible ia'eIt,"n'
great. IN fact. that II was supt3scd. on,M q
minute examination had been made. That an expo
sivc bullet had been used. OF he Spanish soIderS
exsmined on 9 h and sixfh rbs At The anterior curry
AZURE The soldier was evidently stOopne ana run
ming when struck by the fated bullet. the ia a.
ferinr The back below the tenth rib aud ranging
upward striking the inner SIDE OF me siNt an" no ~,
outer side of the hftn rib shatterlns mem 1Cr Cr
space of TWO inches. The second was d n,hi
Spanish guerilla with tho usual mex nsso ~ n
The wound at entrance was near tne HluuF %. ~
left pareial bone. tearing away me outer NM
for quarter Of an inch around H. our '1ni es ~
inner table intact except the clean.cui nUirb ~
Size 81 the bullet The bal! passed out through hr
right orbit tearing away hs %, te fra"tr~
Of the inner wali-a coIlpcle INK @ 'd CO - ~
Of the skull extending from the claiy rldsc 81 6
nsssjng one inch above the wound a. en'ran,,c
The third spaniard was one OF the regulats, JaGs
fossvard and facing troops as the BAL entered
tho right frontal bone two inches anterior 10 ome
,arierai suture and Two and "A hall inches apove
me teHtPny nassing out through the right side
m ebo orcintsl bone on line OF and midway be
tween the mastoid process and occlplta pIo'EHpe.
The wound a fS OF an nch in size dam
aring alike the inner and outer tame OF ,he shi.
b wound AT entrance c.ean cut and the SIC
&c ~ I,,lIet so far as the inner table was involved
I'M, along the lower margin extending t To- ~.
- on,ranre 70 the outer table. was torn com
riccly away though it had peen e&.aNa',r , ny
pL,sai complete longitudinal fracture, eNtenu-
;Ig from the roof Of the night orbit through the
hone passing hall an men ABOVE ~, 49,
80 a,,r.rce 10 tVO-ihrds the distance OF inc Tx ~
a. rio,,f tho other extending downward ahu out
!rd IN me middle and pOsterlor margin 3 w
tnno In both cases 81 wounds or I'M" shu' IN,
ipo',,,i,udinol fracture dlG not communicate WI ID
,he vouud at entrance or exit IN boIh 'aS'"S ..
s,,,re was parallc. to the course or inc pan ~
IN lcto Thin bladed knife was passrn n IouE
~ fr.c,,rea The shooting was from SIX nuhuII",
-, ,rh, hundred Yards and the fractures VIZ aiVIs
the Inc Of greatest pressure WhethrI ,u 6a,sc =
,h,omeh me head from side 70 side VII caus =
trac,,,rc m A right angle 20 the lons HhihSteI ~
h baad Or not further inves ieaton VIII lemon
W. Tho bursting Of tho skull Is no dQup oh'
" 10 Great velocity OF the bal through th' pIhIl'
.,tstarce giving sufficient I'm" TOT CO. I'm
rn.stor Another fact yet remains 70 %, Pi"N''
phn.brr tho mortality Is greater from me "" -.
w nodc,n or tho old style rifles. In inc case o'
49, Gun ,roops the fatality was greater 10 lu'
oI cr,tnn NJ wounded than formerly However, IN.
LIN renuire further denonsirat ION a. w, s -
w.',,ho i'm may have been purely accideh'h' ~ "
fatalities. ,s % ascertaining the pro
or,lo- ~ wounded 10 the nuinb'r klIl,I - ~
Sarieh troops during the engag"neht LIT" a
~ =, might be safely assumed that IN Ihe 49,
W. b cnen;sh the mortality was "'so Iarg.i t, ~
81 ro T6c topography - the region whetc VI.
AZ. occurred and the evidently scam'E HsAnS ~
,ensoortation at hand. makes IN KY anau ift
IDS could have removed all ,nsr ""uni' -
PA ,herc been great number OF them. ~ a. !
"a" ~ tact however. not slhIl' "'"""''
has found