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THE KRÄG-JORGENSEN RIFLE.

1895; American Medical Association; Volume: XXV; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1895.02430420003002

2376-8118

Alfred C. Girard,

Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries

The shooting through the head of a military convict attempting to escape from a sentinel at this post, with the Kräg-Jorgensen, the new rifle adopted for the United States Army—presenting the first instance in the country of its effects on the skull of the living subject, has led to various sensational accounts in the secular press. Based on these, I have received a number of letters of inquiry from physicians interested in the result of the change of caliber. In order to prevent erroneous deductions from newspaper reports, and to give the profession a true description of the injury produced, I have deemed proper to publish this account, with a sketch of the skull as it appeared after removal of the integument. I saw the man a few minutes after he was shot. His breathing was stertorous; he was, unconscious, and death appeared to be only a question of minutes.