On gun-shot wounds of the extremities, requiring the different operations of amputation, with their after-treatment: establishing the advantages of amputation on the field of battle. To the delay usually recommended, &c. &c &c., with four explanatory plates / By G. J. Guthrie.

  • Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856.
Date:
1815
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Credit: On gun-shot wounds of the extremities, requiring the different operations of amputation, with their after-treatment: establishing the advantages of amputation on the field of battle. To the delay usually recommended, &c. &c &c., with four explanatory plates / By G. J. Guthrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The total number of sick and wounded, of the British army and its followers, during the ten months, being as follows :— Remained on the 20th of September 1812 ----- 12,093 Admitted 111,064, of which 27,809 were by transfer from one hospital to another, leaving of original diseases - - - - 83,255 Total 95.348 Discharged 108,885, of which 27,809 were by transfer from one hospital to another leaving of original dis- eases- ----- 81,076 Died, of which 531 were not soldiers 7,779 Remaining on the 20th of July 1813, of which 1,496 were not soldiers - 6,493 Total 95,348 The number of sick in the months suc- ceeding the retreat, viz. December, January, and February increased, and the loss was proportionably severe; but the great exer- tions made, as I have before stated, in every