And estimates the following as the proportion consumed by each of the wounded:—
| English weight avoirdupois. | |||||||||
| lb. | oz. | dr. | gr. | ||||||
| Linen cloth | 2 | kil. | 482 | grammes | = | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Rolled bandages | 0 | ” | 891 | ” | = | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| Charpie | 1 | ” | 181 | ” | = | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| ————— | ————————— | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | ” | 554 | ” | = | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
In an Army Medical Department Circular, dated 27th May, 1855, it was announced that the Secretary of State for War had decided the following “Field Dressing” should form part of every British soldier’s kit on active service, so as to be available at all times and in all places as a first dressing for wounds:—
Bandage of fine calico, 4 yds. long, 3 in. wide.
Fine lint, 3 in. wide, 12 in. long.
Folded flat and fastened by 4 pins.
[6] Perchlorure de fer, 30 drops, two or three times daily as a tonic, and diluted with six parts of water as an injection.
[7] Dict. des Sciences Méd., Paris, 1813, p. 217.
[8] See Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, vol. xiv.—Case of gunshot wound of the heart, by J. Fuge, Esq.
[9] For 1855, vol. i. p. 606, and vol. ii. p. 437.
[10] Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale de Médecine, 24th April, 1860. See also Des Amputations consécutives à l’Ostéomyélite dans les Fractures des Membres par armes à feu, par M. H. Baron Larrey, Paris, 1860.