Laceration,344,348Perforation,345Prognosis in,370Scar, implication of,345,350Section,344Symptoms of,346Treatment of,371Velocity in relation to,341Nerves, special:Cranial:Fifth,353Fourth,353Eighth,353,354Eleventh,356Olfactory,352Optic,352Seventh,354,372Sixth,353Tenth,356Third,353Twelfth,357Spinal:Brachial,357Cervical,347,357Lumbar,359Sacral,359Sacro-coccygeal,360Thoracic,358Neuritis:Ascending,350Peripheral,355Traumatic,349Neurosis, traumatic351Nose, wounds of,305,348Nurses,38Officers, mortality among,14Olecranon, fracture of,183,237Omentum, wounds of,420Prolapse of,420Operations:Difficulties of,35in field,296in Field hospitals,109Orbit, wounds of,299Prognosis and treatment of,304Osteomyelitis in fractures,174Outfit, surgical,3Pain in wounds,103Paraplegia, functional,337Penetration of bullets,49Penis, wounds of,472Peritoneal infection,412Pharynx, wounds of,311Pleural septicæmia,437Pleurisy,390,398Pneumonia,9,398Pneumo-thorax,388Pom-pom shells,478Portland Hospital,34Psychical disturbance,101Rain,9,36Range of fire:Difficulty of judging influence on mortality,17Rectum, wounds of,443,444Removal of wounded from the field,18Respiration in spinal injuries,329Retained bullets. See BulletsReversed bullets,81Revolution of bullet,45,46Ribs, fractures of,377Signs of,379Ricochet,82Effect on wound type,249Lee-Metford,89Mauser,84Within body,Abdomen,415Skull,249Rifles:Bore,41Guedes,47,54Krag-Jörgensen,47,54Lee-Metford,47,64Martini-Henry,47,97Mauser,47,64Modern principles of,40Trajectory,44Varieties employed,47,48Scalp wounds,242,264Scapula, fractures of,177,379Scrotum, wounds of,472Septic disease,34Septicæmia:General,34in enteric fever,9Peritoneal,421Pleural,437Shells,474Varieties of,475Vickers-Maxim,478Lyddite,476Shrapnel,483Shell wounds:of abdomen,480,485Proportionate occurrence of,11Shell fuse wounds,481Ships, hospital,24Shock:General,101Local,103Treatment of,110Shrapnel,483Simla,25Skull. See FracturesFractures independent of gross brain lesion,242with brain lesion,248Spinal column:Injuries to,314Fractures of centra,317Spinous processes,315Transverse processes,314Spinal cord, injuries to,315Compression by bullets,319Concussion,319Contusion,320Diagnosis,335Hæmato-myelia,322Section of,323Shock accompanying,328Signs of,323Transport of,339Treatment of,339Spinal hæmorrhage:Epidural,321Hæmato-myelia,322Peri-pial,321Spleen, wounds of,469Splints:Aluminium,177Field cane,209,221Hodgen's,211Wire gauze,187Sternum, fractures of,379Stevenson, Col. W. F.:Local shock,106Explosive wounds,159Stokes, Sir W.:Treatment of aneurism,151Stomach, wounds of,424Stonham, Mr. C.:Wound of vermiform appendix,437Sunstroke,10Suppuration of wounds,78in fracture,173Synovitis, vibration,226Temperature of air,8,36in blood effusions,118,391,393Tents,32Testicle, wounds of,472Tetanus,34Thirst,8Thomson, Sir W.:Pom-pom wounds,479Wound of nose,305Thoracic vessels, wounds of,384Tonga, the,19Tongue, wounds of,309Trachea, wounds of,312Traction engines,23Trains, hospital,23Trajectory,44Transport:after battles,26of wounded men from field,18of wounded of the Kimberley Relief Force,25of chest injuries,386of fractures,176of spinal injuries,339Traumatic aneurism. See AneurismTraumatic epilepsy,291Traumatic gangrene,34Traumatic neurosis,107,351Treves, Mr. F.: on cessation of intestinal peristalsis,423Trolly (McCormack-Brook),19Upper jaws,306Urethra, wounds of,472Urinary Bladder. See BladderVarix. See Aneurismal varixVegetables,7Veldt sores,10Velocity of bullet:Circumstances influencing,43Initial,42,49Remaining of various rifles,49Velocity, influence of:on fractures of long bones,163on fractures of short and flat bones,168on wounds of abdomen,414of chest,385of joints,226,230of lungs,385of nerves,341of skull,251of spine,319Vermiform appendix, wounds of,437Vibration synovitis,226Vickers-Maxim shell,478Vomiting in spinal injuries,329Wagons:Ambulance,20Buck,22Ox,20Warfare, deadliness of,40Water in South Africa:Character of,8,36Transport of,5Waxed bullets,52Wobble,80,81,251Wounded men, removal from the field,18Wounds, general:Aperture of entry,55,72Aperture of exit,58,74Climate, influence on,71Clinical, course of,69Contour tracks,65Direct nature of tracks,63Directions of tracks,66Displacement of structures,68Explosive exit wounds,97Foreign bodies in,71First field dressing,107Hæmorrhage,104Irregular types of,80,97Mode of healing,72Multiple character,67Nature of tracts,68Pain,103Prognosis,106Psychical disturbance,101Shock,101Small bore,67Superficial tracts,65Suppuration,69,78Symptoms,100Tracks, nature of,68Treatment,107