The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25

Of course where there IS severe bleed
ing thirst will be marked at once be
cause of the lack of fluid for the cir
culation.
Some of the wound inflicted pro
duce so much shock that the victim
never moves after. He is found IN
some attitude that indicates an IN
tense ~preoccupation In the accom-
Shmen Of some action. with never a
sign of when death came
This is spoken of as a cataiepSy or
nervous fright with sudden SpaSuc
locking of muscles. The wound causes
such an intense psychic impression as
to stop all movement instantly. Per
hapS the heart also Is stopped con
pletely at the same instant. so that
the wounded man never knows n
has happened. such sudden seizures
from a sort of fright are thought
sometimes to occur in swimmers TAX
en- with cramp. As a cOnSe-
quence their heart stops and their
respiration ceases and they do not
really drown. These represent the
cases in which reSuScitatiOn may take
place even after an hour or more
though submission of a breathing
person will usually cause death in a
few minutes In a word. these cases
represent the psychic studies of battle
that are of much more than passing
interest just now.
Some of the worst consequences of
OundS that are not fatal occur as the
result of the preceding unclcanlinesS
of the wounded parts. Soldiers are
likely to be n~eglectful Of cleanliness
and this cause serious complications.
h n~On-fatal wounds of officers heal
much more rapidly and with many
fewer complications, mainly as the re-
suit Of their greater cleanliness. Sol
diers nov are being warned of this
and told frankly that the prOgnOSiS OF
their wounds is ever so much better
If they have taken precautions to ht
clean as far as that is possible before
going into battle. In this a sugges
ton has been taken from the Xpc
fence in dueling. in which now ser
geons constantly insist on a complete
bath and the wearing. as Tar as pos
sible, of absolutely aSeptic clothing
before a principal is allowed IL go or
the field of honor. Soldiers wouE1e,
on the hands or legs, or on the llead
very frequently become infected be
cause of their lack Of clean:ineSs
Wounds made in the covered portion.
Of the BODY are much less likely to h
compiled: Il in this way.
There are Two special features q
modern military surgery in which i
differs very markedly from civil Sur
gerry, but almost US much from the ~
time surgery OF W2r In many cases
with the slower bullets of the ode
time, arteries seemed to escape .voun
ing almost D. nilrac.o. 3ppalen.'
the old f~aShioo~d bullet pus':e.,
sort Of compress d cushion cf sol
tissues ahead # l., an: the :rte.
was often actutI V showed aside i
! this and lot injured seriously in case
I where it would seem inevitable tha
, it should have been wounded severed,
The modern high velocity bullet pene
trates so rapidly that rounds - arte
r rieS have become the most serious fec
S ture of military Very seIdol
: is there extensive bleeding externali
following them, but very frequcntl
there is large internal bleeding.
n The wounds Of entrance and {
e exit of the modern small caiibre hull,
are both small and readilJ shut U
e enough by congestion and contusio
e to prevent external bleeding, but t.!
injured artery remains the dano<
e point within. AneuriSms-that
~widenings Of arteries-and dangerol
thinning of their coats are very con
n mon after modern bullet wounds al
require a special surgery with whic
l. MODERN surgeons are little familla