Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 1.—This illustrates a shrapnel wound of the right arm with considerable destructionof tissue and loss of Fig. 2.—Shrapnel wound of face with multiple fracture of lower jaw and considerable loss of A. M: Fauntleroy, op. cit. Facing page 108. CHARACTERISTIC LESIONS CAUSED BY PROJECTILES 109 and they were difficult to treat satisfactorily. The wounds weremultiple. The injuries were often caused by the shattering effects ofpyroxylin gas. Parts were completely carried away or so damagedas
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 1.—This illustrates a shrapnel wound of the right arm with considerable destructionof tissue and loss of Fig. 2.—Shrapnel wound of face with multiple fracture of lower jaw and considerable loss of A. M: Fauntleroy, op. cit. Facing page 108. CHARACTERISTIC LESIONS CAUSED BY PROJECTILES 109 and they were difficult to treat satisfactorily. The wounds weremultiple. The injuries were often caused by the shattering effects ofpyroxylin gas. Parts were completely carried away or so damagedas to require amputation. Another class of wounds was caused bystrips of the casing. These were deep, lacerated wounds, leaving uglyscars and causing much disfigurement when the face was wounds were at first of a deep yellow color, the wounded sufferedgreat pain, which persisted long after the wound had commenced toheal. Fig. 80.
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