The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
A CHAPTER on WOUNDS.
" hat the Examinations by the Sur
geOns Revealed.


geOns Revealed.
Iarnpa (Fla.). Correspondence Jackson
vile Times-Union.
Inc wounds of those men from Santiago
are OF great interest 10 the surgeons. No
wonder that they went about their work
with Willingness. treating every unfor-
tunate with the tenderest considera ton.
The men were called by number, and in
response advanced to a table upon which
they We're laid. The bandages were re-
moved carefully, and the surrounding sur
geons bent low over the wound TO study
ats nature. A number of questions were
asked the patient, who reported the hsto-
ny OF mas wound how when. and where
II was received, and how it affected him.
w Hlle the surgeons were engaged large
lelioW walked In escorted by one of the
corps, and was laid upon the table. The
surgeons eagerly gathered around him.
ne chiet surgeon of that table asked him
where he was wounded. and the big fel-
low with the bandaged arm replied: II
am wounded in the arm Il know your
wounded In the arm" said the surgeon.
put Where were you wOunded?' oh
sald the sufferer, Il was accidentally
wounded In the New York camp at Pal
metto Beach," A shade of disappoint-
ment passed over the countenances of the
surgeons and the one in charge told his
assistants to attend to this man"
Inc SICK lay in the various smaller hos
pital tents, some of them occasionally
walking out to tell the boys of the hos
pIIal corps something of actual warfare
ana they We're upon all occasions honOred
by throng of eager listeners
1he wounds that some of the men re-
ce4Ved We're peculiar. one man was shot
through the shoulder, the bullet entering
MS back, coming out near his colarbone.
then passing through his cheek, and af-
ter knocking out one of his teeth. passed
between his half-opeu lips without even
touching them, He explained this pecu-
Iiar wound by saying that it was made
WhiIe ne was lying face downward upon
the ground. 1t was raining very hard
and he was lying In this manner when the
pail struck him. 1t was done by a sharp
shooter from a tree top. The man saws
he has suffered little from the wound
Another was shot in the side of the alb
domen; the bullet cut a. furrow lust I'M
der the skin around the front of the alb
dornen, lodging under the skin on the op-
posite side. The strange part of it is
mat the lower part of his body Is black
ened and he is not suffering at all The
doctors say that the proper color will
soon return.
One, who was shot twice through the
arm, gave history of his two wounds
one was received on the field, and a sur
geon who was near him at once proceed
ed to dress It,. While thus engaged. he
says he felt a sharp pain i'm his arm. and
the surgeon fell over on him dead We
had been shot through and killed. the
same bullet wounding the man a second
time.
Another, who has a scalp wound had
shell explode near him. 1t killed three
OF his companions and three small pieces
Ii
them striking him on the head He thinks
that his escape was simply miraculous.
He claims that the explosion was some
thing terrible, and all of them were
thrown some distance. The only wound
lacerated was one made by a battered
ouliet which struck his rife and, de-
hecting. wounded him
All of the wounds are clean cut, wheth-
er through flesh or bone and they leave
the surgeon little to- do save dressing.