. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ell, by fragments of the case, andby the bullets. Cannister consists of a thin, cylindrical iron case enclosingbullets, the case being broken by the explosion when the gun is fired. Can-nister is now rarely used, as it is effective only at very short range. Small arms comprise all fire-arms having no supports of their own. Theterm includes muskets, rifles, shotguns, and all kinds of pistols, both of therevolver and of the automatic types. Muskets are unrifled and fire a round leadbah. They are now used only
. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ell, by fragments of the case, andby the bullets. Cannister consists of a thin, cylindrical iron case enclosingbullets, the case being broken by the explosion when the gun is fired. Can-nister is now rarely used, as it is effective only at very short range. Small arms comprise all fire-arms having no supports of their own. Theterm includes muskets, rifles, shotguns, and all kinds of pistols, both of therevolver and of the automatic types. Muskets are unrifled and fire a round leadbah. They are now used only by savage or semicivilized people. The pistols nowused are mostly of the revolver type. These fire cylindro-conoidal lead bullets 644 AMERICAN PRACTICE OF SURGERY. (Fig. 198) varying from .22 to .45 calibre (22 to 45 one-hundredths of an inch indiameter). The initial velocity given by these weapons is comparatively low, andthe bullets are readily deflected or arrested by bone, except in the cases of thelargest sizes and at short range. It is from these weapons that most of the gun-. FiG. 199.—Hunting-Rifle Bullets, .22 to. .38 Calibre,soft-nosed. Three to left, unjacketed; three to right, shot wounds seen in civil life are made. The automatic pistols, such as the Luger,fire a small-calibre, jacketed buUet similar to that of the modern military rifle. R,ifies are divided into two kinds, hunting and military. With huntingrifles a somewhat larger bullet is used than with the military arms, the impressed
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