Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-29
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a New York surgeon who saw serv.
Ice In Cuba and the Philippines ais .
volunteer In his profession was discuss.
Ing the subject Of bullet wounds when
be was asked, What makes man die
when he's hit ~ a bullet ?''s
There are three reasons he replied
shock. hemorrhage and blood pol
soning. A bullet cuts Its way through
skin, muscle, nerve, bone and artery.
Then the wounded man falls to the
ground. That's natures little plan,
You know, for getting him en- his back
and relieving the heart Of the heavy
work OF forcing blood against gravity
into the brain" s.s
What happens when he gets a bull
let through his brain r fs6s
..nies generally. Ii the bullet is d
Mauser, however, and IL Its velocity
be great enough, 1t is quite apt to pass
clear through the skull, piercing the
bone plate on one side, traversing the
Intervening brain and breaking ont
through the other side without killing.
] attendeda number Of such cases dur
ing the war IN Cuba. as EsEf ti---E W.
sYou see II these bullets are travel
ing alta high rate Of speed they, cut
Through bone as clearly as does q tre-
phine saw leave no splinters In their
wake, destroy very little tissue and cut
their way neatly through the side. III
fact, 1t Is an Injury and surgical op-
GRAFTON all IN one. :, ts
why are lung wounds so serious?'.
the surgeon was next asked. Us the
brain not a Vial % tia lungs y
Quite. But when q man Ia shot
through the lungs a number of Big
blood vessels are cut, and BE dies from
loss OF blood. 4ors the blood spours into
The fife network OF The lungs and the
victim dies OF pneumonia, lust as he
wculd de9i he canght q chill Asga
matter Of fact wound diseases; In the
majority of instances, are merely well
known diseases suddenly and Violently
induced. n tss sfss !.
Shoot man through the head, and
|if ne outliyes the shock he dies as lie
would, do from apoEpllesxsy OF iniiammaa-
lion Of the brain Shoot him through
the heart; and he dies from the same
pathological cause asSsif he had rup-
tHred anenrism OF the heart Re It is an
abdominal wound, the man would prob
ably die OF peritonitis, resulting from
the release OF the stomach contents
Into the cavity III such case death
would be due to the same cause as III
some cases OF ulcer In the stomach.
Such patient would die from blood
poisoning. z ". .....s.5
What's the danger in flesh wounds n
Septic poisoning mainly. and the
seYering Of any Important artery.
What about flesh wounds II the
thigh r .s,.
aWell, a man might bleed to death In
side d Eve minutes II his femorai ar.
terry were cut 1ssS 7.s:
What Of the hole where the bullet
out S., Z
with the average revolver bullet
that ii, Che 80 caliber they are too
small to matter much. They are only
dangerous inlets for poisoning mate
rial As to bone injuries, q rife bullet
In full flight may nick a bone without
seriously damaging 1t, but in most
cases, as with the 3S caliber revolver
bullet, the bone Is badly splintered,
and there's nothing for It but amputa-
tion. No milder course has vet been
effective. New York Press. 1. s ssS