Originally Posted by hillbillybear
Originally Posted by Gadfly
Since you are discussing late 19th century firearms, I highly recommend you check out this from the Project Gutenberg Boer War collection: Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 by George Henry Makins

Lots of ballistic gack and some very interesting early x-rays of high velocity bullet wounds.



This some great stuff. The kind of thing a historian lives for.

Thanks for the link.

I would imagine this has to be one of if not the first study of its type.


If I recall correctly, there was a paper produced by an American surgeon on treating bullet wounds in the Spanish-American war, but I don't believe he had access to an x-ray machine.

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