Conservation to a degree that seems to be beyond the experience and conception of the civil surgeon should always be practiced, as reiterated by Delorme, who says: “In order to avoid the excess of operative measures which has been seen in recent wars I am urged to enjoin all potential military surgeons to practice almost uniform conservation.”
Weight. | Velocity. | |||
| Projectile. | Grams. | Grains. | Meters. | Feet. |
| American (Springfield) | 9.07 | 150 | 800 | 2,700 |
| French | 12.8 | 197 | 701 | 2,301 |
| German | 10.0 | 154 | 860 | 2,821 |
| Austrian | 15.8 | 244 | 626 | 1,952 |
Rifle Wounds
HEAD.
Plate 1.
Rifle—Plate 1.