Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . injured by thrusts and of which woundsdemand the most careful and cautious drawing shows its form, with the location ofthe iliac fossae, a. a., and the anterior surface of thepromontory of the sacrum, h. To know how toarrest bleeding is all important, as life may often besaved by promptly adopting simple means. Bleedingmay be from veins or from arteries. In the firstcase the blood is of a dark color, and flows slowlyin a stream towards the heart; in the second easeit is of a bright red color, forc
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . injured by thrusts and of which woundsdemand the most careful and cautious drawing shows its form, with the location ofthe iliac fossae, a. a., and the anterior surface of thepromontory of the sacrum, h. To know how toarrest bleeding is all important, as life may often besaved by promptly adopting simple means. Bleedingmay be from veins or from arteries. In the firstcase the blood is of a dark color, and flows slowlyin a stream towards the heart; in the second easeit is of a bright red color, forcibly issues in jets, andis in a direction from the heart. In ordinary venoushemorrhage, such as the bursting of a varicose vein,the bleeding may be stopped by pressure or elevation same, and is far preferable if the patient be the patient becomes faint and insensible fromloss of blood, he should be placed flat on his hack,with his head low. Cautery may be resorted towhen the tourniquet fails to do its work. The ac-companying drawing shows the manner of
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