. Medical and surgical therapy . Fio. 3.—fJoniplete division of theabdominal aorta by a of the renal artery.(Lalarjets ease. Val-de-CJraceMuseum.) and the extent of thelesion is lessened. Some-times the perforation is situated in the middle of thevessel, and sometimes nearer one margin, when itclosely resembles a lateral wound (fig. 7). In the veins, also, lateral wounds, complete divisionor perforation, are produced by rifle-bullets. The 4 WOUNDS OF THE VESSELS vein is less elastic than the artery, and ruptures ~^^~^^^^^J^5<$^

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