Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1914 — WAR WOUNDS HEAL RAPIDLY [ARTICLE]

WAR WOUNDS HEAL RAPIDLY

Antiseptic Treatment and the Velocity of Modern Bullets Aid Recovery. London.—The rapidity with which the wounds of soldiers are healed, and the practical absence of blood-poison-ing cases, has been a surprise in view of |he "deadly effectiveness” of the mooern army weapons. "The antiseptic treatment of wounds almost Immediately after their Infliction has a great deal to do with the fact that cures are effected in such a short time as has been demonstrated in the London hospitals," said one' of the physicians in attendance upon the wounded. "While surgery has made wonderful strides in the last decade, the results might have been different were It not that the antiseptic preventive measures have been applied. ~ "Another important reason lies In the fact that the bullet fired from a modern rifle travels with such velocity as to obviate the danger of a ragged wound.” '* - s