is now
again on active service.

(174*) Wounded at Modder River while retiring on foot. _Entry_
(Mauser), at highest point of right iliac crest; _exit_, 2-1/2
inches to right of and 1/2 inch above level of umbilicus. The
injury was not followed by sickness, and the bowels remained
confined. During the first two days 'pain struck across the
abdomen' when micturition was performed.

When the patient came under observation on the third day the
condition was as follows:--Complains of little pain,
temperature normal, pulse 72, respirations 24, tongue moist,
bowels confined. Rigidity of abdominal wall and deficient
mobility of nearly whole right half of belly, the whole lower
half of which moves little with respiration. No track palpable
in abdominal parietes. No dulness, no distension. The
temperature rose to 99.5 deg. at night. On the fourth day the
bowels acted freely, the pulse fell to 60, the respirations
were 24, and the temperature normal.

Tenderness and rigidity persisted in the right flank to the end
of a week, after which time no further signs persisted.

(175*) Wounded at Modder River while lying on right side. Range
500 yards. Walked 400 yards after injury. _Entry_ (Mauser), at
the junction of the posterior and middle thirds of the right
iliac crest; _exit_, 3 inches to right of and 1/2 inch below
the level of the umbilicus. The injury was followed by no signs
of intra-abdominal lesion; on the third day the temperature was
normal, pulse 80, and the tongue clean and moist. Some soreness
at times and tenderness on pressure were complained of, but the
man was discharged well at the end of one month.

(176*) Wounded while doubling in retirement at Modder River.
_Entry_ (Mauser), immediately above the junction of the
posterior and middle thirds of the left iliac crest; _exit_, 1
inch below costal margin (eighth rib), 3 inches to the right of
the median line. The bullet was lying in the anterior wound,
whence it was removed by the orderly who applied the first
dressing on the field. The patient remained on the field seven
and a half hours, and when brought into hospital at once
commenced to vomit. The ejected matter, at first green in
colour, during the next forty-eight hours changed to a dirty
brown. Meanwhile, the abd