Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 53.—Man-stopper bullets from Colts new service revolver eal. 455 lodged against tibia andfemur without fracture. Remaining velocity at 75 yards. Army Medical School collection. 78 GUNSHOT WOUNDS The X-ray work was done by Professor A. Hewson and Doctor W. , of Philadelphia (Figs. 49 to 68). We are not acquainted with any bullet fired from a hand weaponthat will stop a determined enemy when the projectile traverses softparts alorfe; The requirements of such a bullet would need to have asectional area lik
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 53.—Man-stopper bullets from Colts new service revolver eal. 455 lodged against tibia andfemur without fracture. Remaining velocity at 75 yards. Army Medical School collection. 78 GUNSHOT WOUNDS The X-ray work was done by Professor A. Hewson and Doctor W. , of Philadelphia (Figs. 49 to 68). We are not acquainted with any bullet fired from a hand weaponthat will stop a determined enemy when the projectile traverses softparts alorfe; The requirements of such a bullet would need to have asectional area like that of a 3-inch solid shot the recoil from whichwhen used in hand weapons would be prohibitive. Finally the Board reached the conclusion that the only safeguard atclose encounters is a well-directed rapid fire from nothing less than a. Fig. 54.—Fracture of tibia from man-stopper bullet fired from Colts revolver new service , velocity 704 Bullet fragmented and lodged just under skin. Army Medical Schoolcollection. .45-caliber weapon. With this end in view soldiers should be drilledto fire at moving targets until they have attained proficiency as marks-men. The pointed bullet recently adopted for the military rifle by theUnited States, Germany, and England, will no doubt exhibit greaterstopping power than its predecessors which, as we have already shown,has hitherto failed entirely in encounters with savage tribes. CHARACTERISTIC LESIONS CAUSED BY PROJECTILES 79
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