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Show INTRODUCTION. OF WOUND S. A WOUND is an injury inflicted on the body by external Violence. Distinctions arise in the nature of wounds, lst, From the instrument, and the degree of force with which the injury is inflicted; and, 2dly, From the part which is struck. Under this last class is comprehended a variety of conrrmcarnn J "/- "thus." wouxns, as when some important viscus is injured; when fl . a, _,1 ‘2 "YUM some great cavity is laid open; when a bone is broken ; or a. large artery is wounded. We have in this place to attend to the distinctions which are referable to the former head. Iv )V .1. 1 i5 4'- CONTUSION. It: ‘9: 1,. ', . If a man has been struck on a fleshy part with a mallet, or if he has been struck with a brick-bat ; or if he has been thro" n . ; from his horse, and has fallen on his buttocks-the effects are these : a bruising of the soft parts ; an injury and benumbing of the nerves; and a rupture of the lesser blood-vessels of the part, which produces an ecchymosis, or extravasat ion of blood into the cellular membrane. Even in the simplest kind of wound, there are circumstances which a careless observer may neglect. To the full eil'ect of a blow it is necessary that the resistance should be equal to ~p..- ;. ._ . '5‘". hum..." ___ ..‘xu‘.N" _ ;_.‘u"«- ... any-v", the velocity of the impelled instrument ; but where the parts yield, the shock is diminished, and the injury less considerable. Now the integuments being)r soft and elastic, while the bone is \-oL.1. i .‘JUV‘V 1‘. '. wmu \Hn'lt‘k r. |
