ajority
of the skiagrams of the fractures under my observation at Wynberg and
elsewhere.

I must also express my thanks to Mr. Danielsson and his artist, Mr.
Ford, for the trouble they have taken in converting my rough sketches
into the illustrations contained in the volume.

Lastly, my warmest gratitude is due to my friends, Mr. Cuthbert Wallace,
who has read some of my chapters, and to Mr. F. C. Abbott, who has read
the whole book for the press and suggested many improvements and
modifications.

47 CHARLES STREET, BERKELEY SQUARE, W.

_February_ 1901.

CONTENTS

PAGE
CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

Itinerary--Surgical outfit--Personal transport--General health of the
troops--Climate--Consideration of the number of men killed and
wounded--Transport of the wounded--Vehicles--Trains--Ships--Hospitals 1

CHAPTER II

MODERN MILITARY RIFLES AND THEIR ACTION

General type--Calibre, length, and weight of
bullet--Velocity--Trajectory--Revolution--Varieties of rifle in common
use by the Boers--Penetration--Comparison of bullets--Use of
wax--Comparative efficiency of different types 40

CHAPTER III

GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE

Type wounds--Nature of external apertures--Direct course of wound
track--Multiple wounds--Small bore and sharp localisation of
tracks--Clinical course--Mode of healing--Suppuration--Wounds of irregular
type--Ricochet--Mauser bullet--Lee-Metford bullet--Expanding bullets--Altered
bullets--Large sporting bullets--Symptoms--Psychical disturbance and
shock--Local shock--Pain--Haemorrhage--Diagnosis--Prognosis--Treatment 55

CHAPTER IV

INJURIES TO THE BLOOD VESSELS

Nature of lesions; contusion, laceration, perforation--Results of
injuries--Primary haemorrhage--Recurrent haemorrhage--Secondary
haemorrhage--Treatment of haemorrhage--Traumatic aneurisms--Arterial
haematoma--True traumatic aneurism--Aneurismal varix and varicose
aneurism--Conditions affecting development--Effects of aneurismal varix
or varicose aneurism on the general circulation--Prognosis and treatment
of aneurismal varix--Prognosis and treatment of varicose
aneurism--Gangrene after ligation of arteries 112

CHAPTER V

INJURIES TO THE BONES OF THE LIMBS

Nature of wounds--Explosive wounds--Types of fracture of shafts
of long bones--Stellate,