{"product_id":"2940148161196","title":"Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900","description":"Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900\u003cbr\u003eBeing Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY\u003cbr\u003eItinerary — Linen Holdall with surgical instruments — Surgical outfit — Personal transport — General health of the troops — Climate — Consideration of the number of men killed and wounded — Transport of the wounded — Vehicles — Trains — Ships — Hospitals to location\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II MODERN MILITARY RIFLES AND THEIR ACTION\u003cbr\u003eGeneral type — Calibre, length, and weight of bullet — Velocity — Trajectory — Revolution — Varieties of rifle in common use by the Boers — Penetration — Comparison of bullets — Use of wax — Comparative efficiency of different types to location\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY BULLETS OF SMALL CALIBRE\u003cbr\u003eType wounds — Nature of external apertures — Direct course of wound track — Multiple wounds — Small bore and sharp localisation of tracks — Clinical course — Mode of healing — Suppuration — Wounds of irregular type — Ricochet — Mauser bullet — Lee-Metford bullet — Expanding bullets — Altered bullets — Large sporting bullets — Symptoms — Psychical disturbance and shock — Local shock — Pain — Hæmorrhage — Diagnosis — Prognosis — Treatment \u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X INJURIES TO THE CHEST \u003cbr\u003eNon-penetrating wounds of the chest wall — Penetrating wounds, special characters of entrance and exit apertures — Fracture of the ribs, symptoms, treatment — Wounds of the diaphragm — Wounds of the heart — Wounds of the lung, symptoms — Pneumothorax — Hæmothorax — Empyema — Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of hæmothorax — Cases of hæmothorax to location\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory remarks — Wounds of the abdominal wall — Penetration of the intestinal area without definite evidence of visceral injury — Wounds of explosive character — Anatomical characters of intestinal wounds — Wounds of the mesentery — -Wounds of the omentum — Results of intestinal wounds, fæcal extravasation, peritoneal infection, septicæmia — Reasons for the escape of severe injury in wounds traversing the abdomen — Wounds of the stomach — Wounds of the small intestine — Wounds of the large intestine — Prognosis in intestinal injuries — Treatment of intestinal injuries — Wounds of the urinary bladder — Wounds of the kidney — Wounds of the liver — Wounds of the spleen — General remarks on the prognosis in abdominal injuries — Wounds of the external genital organs — Wounds of the urethra to location\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII ON SHELL WOUNDS\u003cbr\u003eVarieties of shells employed — Large shells — Wounds produced by different varieties — Pom-Pom shells — Wounds produced by fragments and fuses — Shrapnel — Boer segment shells — Leaden shrapnel bullets — Treatment of shell wounds \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE HENRY MAKINS, F.R.C.S.\u003cbr\u003eSURGEON TO ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, LONDON\u003cbr\u003eJOINT LECTURER ON SURGERY IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL\u003cbr\u003eMEMBER OF THE COURT OF EXAMINERS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, AND LATE ONE OF THE CONSULTING SURGEONS TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067767832816,"sku":"2940148161196","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148161196_p0.jpg?v=1763698266","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148161196","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}