The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 2: Part III., Surgical HistoryWith the present volume, which I have the honor to submit to you, the surgical series of the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion is complete.The treatment of regional injuries of gunshot origin is continued, and those of the Lower Extremities are taken up and thoroughly discussed in Chapter X. Miscellaneous Injuries not strictly gunshot in character, but incident-to the military status, form the sub ject of Chapter XI. Chapter XII, on Wounds and Complications, includes facts of general interest and of statistical value relative to wounds, to the nature, peculiarities, and effects of missiles and projectiles, to conditions affecting the course and results Of wounds, with especial reference to the graver complications of secondary haemorrhage, erysipelas, pyaemia, gangrene, and tetanus, and, finally, a condensed summary of operations and treatment. Anaesthetics, with reference to their use in the Army, are treated of in Chapter XIII. A brief historical sketch Of the Medical Staff, and a description of the Materia Chirurgica will be found in Chapter XIV. The methods Of field, railway, and water transportation of the wounded are detailed in the concluding Chapter (xv).It was attempted, from the inception of the work, to give, in the beginning of each chapter, the number of cases to be treated therein. But, as the work progressed, new cases had to be added, duplicates had to be eliminated, or additional information changed the nature of a case, so as to transfer it to a group different from the one to which it had been originally assigned. Thus the total number Of cases given in the beginning of a chapter was frequently found to'be incorrect at its close, and as the preceding pages had been stereotyped, it was not practicable to make the necessary corrections. The percentages and general deductions, however, were not materially affected by these discrepancies, which have been corrected in the summary of cases given in Chapter XII, in this volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.