A treatise upon penetrating wounds of the chest / by Patrick Fraser.

  • Fraser, Patrick.
Date:
1859
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Credit: A treatise upon penetrating wounds of the chest / by Patrick Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    TABLE This Table, showing the number of Deaths from all causes, and total number statician, although not strictly Total Number of Men sent to the East. a .2 o a n 3 o H o O +j -^ bo +5 a CD £ O CO <D PL. 09 <D ® O ° fl bO « CO o H a o CD . it 3* o H 3 o o5 •** bo ^ a c S CD G O CO Sh CD CO o o H-i ° a &S CO O H a o ^3 to cS g 3^ o -3 *= bo c CD O CO CD To strength of officers and men. ENGLISH. Officers . 3,905 Men . . . 90,054 86 2,598 0-09 2-7 2-20 2-88 157 1,761 0-16 1-87 4-02 1-95 143 16,155 0-15 17-18 3-66 17-93 Total. . 93,959 2,684 2-76 1,918 2-0 16,298 17-50 FRENCH. Officers ]\|PT1 _ . 325 7,182 0-10 2-32 115 3,866 0-03 1-25 Total . 309,268 7,507 2-42 3,981 1-20 ;57,741 18-67 TABLE III. Showing the Ratio of Chest Wounds in Oj fleers to Men. :! Officers. Men. All chest wounc Actual lung woi Mortality of all trating or not Mortality of act is to total number wounded and to total number wounde chest wounds, whether pene 0-50 0-18 31-50 69-56 3-50 1-16 28-09 80-85 ual lung wonn d But if the whole statistics of the battle-field were ascertained, it would be found that a large, if not the largest, proportion of mortal wounds proceed from injuries to the lungs and large vessels. The men are struck down, and die, more or less rapidly, on the field of battle, from haemorrhage and suffocation, and all knowledge as to the exact character of the wound is lost to science. If it were not the financial objection, a special staff of medical men might be well employed during