Gunshot injuries, their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore.

Date:: 1895

Credit: Gunshot injuries, their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$ments of cavalry are at a distance away from the headquarters of their regiments on reconnoitring, skirmishing, or other duties, their movements are usually too rapid for any of the heavier articles of field equipment to he taken with them. Yet, in case of men being shot, important surgical proceedings may be necessary on the spot as a means of saving life. The cavalry surgical bag, which can be carried slung across the shoulder, has been designed to meet the necessities of such occasions. It is made of leather, is 10 x 8 X 4 in dimensions, and is relatively light in weight, weighing about 4 lbs. The principal instruments in it are held as in a dressing-case, so that any may be taken out for use without disarranging others. The following is a list of the instruments and materials carried in the surgical bag:— Contents of Surgical Bag for Cavalry. Amputating saw 1 Amputating knives 2 Scalpels ..... 2 Finger-knife .... 1 Short bone nippers . pair 1 Necrosis forceps • „ 1 Artery ,, • „ 1 Torsion ,, • 1 Dressing ,, (with catch). • „ 1 Bullet ,, • „ 1 Bull-dog ,, • „ 3 Scissors ..... • „ 1 Elevator 1 Blunt hook ..... Aneurism needle .... 1 Tenaculum .... 1 Field tourniquet .... 1 Nickel catheter, No. 8 . 1 Bullet probe ..... 1 Acupressure pins .... 6 Bandages ..... 3 Needles. Silver sutures. Silk and thread ligatures. Adhesive plaster. Lint. Boxes of apparatus for fractures and dislocations.—There are two boxes of such apparatus employed for army hospital use— one of a larger description, weighing nearly 100 lbs.; and one of a smaller pattern, weighing about 50 lbs. The larger box, stored at the headquarters of districts, is issued to hospitals when required for use, and is also supplied to troop-ships. The smaller box is the only one issued for use in the field, and is known as the * Field Fracture Box.’ The appliances and materials carried in it are as follows :— Contents of Field Fracture Box. Jointed thigh splints, wood . . 2 Wire leg splints, right and left . set 1 Wooden ,, 1 Potts’ splints, wood . . ,, \ „ wire . . ,, 1 Pasteboard splints ... 6 Wire radius splint ... 1 Counter-extension apparatus . 1 Double-inclined plane, wire . . 1 Gypsum bandage instruments . set 1 Plaster of Paris, in \ lb. tins . lb. 1 Antiseptic cotton-wool. >> h Carbolised tow ■ „ i Flannel serge, antiseptic . yds. 2 Gutta-percha tissue • „ 2 Loose-wove bandages 12 Esmarch’s bandages, printed 12 Straps with buckles 12 Old linen sheet 1 Canvas covers to contain splints 12 Waggons and carts for the bearer company.—The wag- gons, two in number, are allotted, one for the carriage of equip-$