The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-02
SHRAPNEL CAUSES
MOST SERIOUS
W POUNDS
German Surgeons Already
Giving Out Results Of Their
Operations on the Battle
field Where Surgery Runs
Riot.


tAsA'ciuted press CorrcsuordsnrcJ
Berlin Noy . 0.-Th, German
surgeons nav begun 70 i.Is about
Their experience in healing the
wounded iu this war Prot pu.r ct
Leipsic university, who Is I..IuE ICES
urgeo general io the Sas.u army.
recently delivered am addr,. tt one
Of the imprnyised hospita .u the
line ut The German communications.
800 which he gayc much interesting
information ou this suhjs.f
Pave pointed out thai .H. balls
used Boa shrapncl shells prod 4. much
more dangerous wound rN.n rIfl.
bullets They carry into .H. body
fragments Of clothing. 81 correspond
ing quantity of dangerous germs ana
they arc much more iif.u foo Doc
lodged Boz the body. Their wt. .up-
DURATION in 80 go Go per cent as cases
The same danger i- SIN more serious
with woands frum ft1 Haut pi
shells 30 was found. too lu., thIs
war has bccu especially marked by
the great number ct such wounds
Not only do shci-Iike fuemcut-
carry germs into the body vIfh bits
of clothing bat the dauE,Iuls gases
pom the shiapuol cxplos au often
adhere to IN" fragments and HlIl .u
sufficient quantities 10 poison the
wound Lock-iaW is often produced
hy wounds of this Characf.r Gut ny
NacclnatlnE patients with % fotIuu-
serum the German surgeon. have
materially reduced tho r.t., of
deaths in such eases sine, tHr 2r-t
weeks OF tho war
Especially dangerous .ra the
wounds caused hy fragment .r humU.
thrown los atiafots Even trrt mglI
fragments very oftcp produ.. much
moro dangerous rounds than much
LARGER pieces of ordinary shells These
small fragments penetrate worry deep
the body. cutting Though
blood vessels. and thick masses lr
muscle are cut through as uI3h "a
sharp knife. Aeruplauc bombs also
frequently cause bad burns.
So far as simple flesh wounds from
sm~all-calhre rifles are concerned
I'aYr found that THESE heal rrr, RAPE
.dly. Ia most cases the wounded were
abel Co return 60 the ranks within %
or two Evenin custs of chest
where che ribs were mot
.ouched healing is usually t.r, rapid
wen though the lungs bc penetrated
A new kind of wound has been
'auscd hy the sharp stcri arrows
thrown ga great hoightss Fy French
aeroplaniSrs Thrre arr6us have
about the thickness ~ an uriIuarp
cad pencil, md when thrown from
height OF about 5000 fcrt strike their
.Ictim az tho velocity of q bullet ul-f
caAiug the muzzlc of "a rifle ustr
eHs the' produce very dangerous
wounds
Dr. rayr declares that the small
bullet bud'" Skaters the hollow bones
= arm and leg when atrhmu th,u 90
,hort distances but that Rreat,r d.a.
unces they tend more Go bore
smooth hole vith lt.Ie or uo fisr-
urIng Bones noar tho ioiuts arc ahul
through smoothly, au dthe wound.
zeal with 81, Difficulty
Another effect of th. present fspe
% bullet b. Go cut through the blood
essels whereas they would often b,
pushed aside bN me older lead bullet
ma escape disruption This Us regard. z
q bN FBSr as % dangerous result sf
he small cahbrc bullet. especially I
where veins and arteries are cut
deep in the i.,-h
Wounds boa the abdomen saws payr
re more hkel, 90 heat without au op-
ration than With D.te and this. DID,
avs, was first proved milne Bo,r
The diffieulis iu INC WAY 81 la
.peration b. that 81 . a most impor.
lie e. take tho necessary anilscpt,e
.recautlons