Soldier with an abscess from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Sergeant M'Gillivray of the 68th (Durham) Regiment was shot in the shoulder in the Siege of Nijmegen, 1794. Entrance wound to the clavicle and exit at the scapula. Captured and imprisoned by the French for three years. Inflamed abscesses and ulcers cover his left shoulder and back. Cured by lancing, bathing and camomile decoction. James MacGilivray. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Bell from his own Principles of Surgery, as they Relate to Wounds, Ulcers and Fistulas, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and B

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Soldier with an abscess from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Sergeant M'Gillivray of the 68th (Durham) Regiment was shot in the shoulder in the Siege of Nijmegen, 1794. Entrance wound to the clavicle and exit at the scapula. Captured and imprisoned by the French for three years. Inflamed abscesses and ulcers cover his left shoulder and back. Cured by lancing, bathing and camomile decoction. James MacGilivray. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Bell from his own Principles of Surgery, as they Relate to Wounds, Ulcers and Fistulas, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815.

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