Evening star., 1900-08-09
MODERN BULLET WOUNDS.
Remarkable Experiences in south
Africa From Mauser Projec tiles.

Africa From Mauser PrOIec tiles,
Cane TOWN 6,o-rss,o,ds,c. -, ,h. Ionao, Mou
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Alter seeing thelr wounds, nearly all
| caused by gunshot, the onlooker Is struck
by the clean, well defined, small. circular
...a. -. -, -, vi ~'''
=. ~ ou,'e' iiahes'
- pi "uee' d eonai hot iHuch' II anything.
larger than good-sized goose quill, and
cuts its way through flesh and hone ,a
reat,v as an Arcb;mede.n dru, ,,,o,,, -,
;.,.- -. 80, -, VI, III "ouiu' iea'-
ms as i"seo' euse'. II prouuces little local
disturbance OF pad after effects. Hence,
shock to the system and SUBSEQUENT SEN
ticaemia are owing IN tho 1ess.n.d a.
struct,np NJ soft na,. - .,,rs..'.> Ne
So p9t anu spiihterihS OF
o'iie' iiiiiiiihi1eo cohsloefaoiy BY careful
artiseptic treatment the wounds heal In
| about twenty to thirty days
| Tho coursa which scs,,,, 30 49,, ,,
| ,,-,a. 'otie Vi 'iese aauser
oGliets TAKE without rupturing important
vessels or producing dangerous effects is
| simply marvellous TO cut through s,S+
| parts and follow the track made by these
| missiles without doing krepara ble intnrv
| would tax the dexterifv or tha r,ns+ Luz
! fu and delicate ono to,r,st 80. "i.i ~
handled a scaIpel wat e'ei
One of the wounded at Wvnbers is . +,,i-
cal example. The Mauser bullet, entering
| at the lower part ofgi,is ab5omsn o,,;dants
| ly aking its course IN a ba ackw.ri and M
| ward and obliaue direction. must bava npt
| Its way just below and between the bifure
| cation of the large descan5;n -. NV. VI, ~ ~
great artery1. then Nnerenr..in aor.a ts ass Whs
| parts, pierced the bone and maSe its s,it
| through the skin in the center ~ tho ,;,ht
| buttcck No imnorta.t ,,ass., -. ~. i7ie
have been wounded and tba 80 SEEM 10
| con, alescent o"
Another extraordinary case is that ~
| Private u,bo -, -. - tia' VI
Through the head, the Wausar hnIIa. a.,. .eL
| ing the Uranium ON one side .nd a,,,.ns,:.i.
| on the other Not only 10 he u,ino e9 ht
his wounds have healed without a checkD1a
| slightly restricted law mnvement S,,a q.
| muscular paralysjs alone ratar rS,. e ~, ~
| discharge In this instance tha h,,ii. IL"
| tered just in front Of the left cor asca ,,na
| the temporal artery took forrard nn5
somewhat downward course along the moor
| OF the skull. pierced the rtgbt ma1,,na.' uou,
| (cheek) bone and emerged haio,, tha o.. ~
| on that side. There resnIts snma ~ ~
| Disagreement. but he see. eats and siaans
| low In having exchanged the s1narii. udAS iei Il,
| crauIal perforation by an old prnu,n L.. y.
| for that of a modern Mamser h,iiat e''
| The grit left In some of these fellows .a.
| amply demonstrated nv the follouins ,noI
| dent which occurred Suriny tha ;nse.atto,
| on Tuesday last: '-e ''''pe't''''
| Another private had been shot tbro,,rh
| his right foot and left arm. ali tho ,n1r
wounds Of entrance and erit cIa, me e,t tour h,r
| the same kind of bullet were healed IL
| was standing to .'attention.' At the foot IF
| his bed when the doctor annroa oached him
| and carefully SURVEYING ipr,,jrad of hi,
| how he was W. "a '1''''
quite we'll. Nothing wrong with ma
| now sir" replied he Then rema rLad his
| doctor, in his most kindly and considsrats
manner: N A'e
| "Goodl And now nv lad. I shall send Won
| down to the convsIescant cannn az G 80
Point, where YOU Will Set more freedom snd
| fresher air. 'oi' eeoo'" a"o
| "Oh. no. sir. don't do that n,..s. :,
| don't care for them cony,Iascin. ho.se.
| wants to get hack to ths rront 70 ini,s 49,
| chums. and give them, 'era Roors a., Az y ny
| sarytnR me in this ,are NOV :. ' ''i
| Another wonderful recoverv fror, o,,r-