Show TUB THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS the wounded soldiers return ining to france franca from abc war present a sorry sight A marseilles correspondent of the london ti times mes describing a cargo u which aich had haa just ju arrived says ays I 1 the appearance of the poor fellows presented the reverse to the medal and was a most painful sight eight even although the worse cases where limbs fibbs have been amputated were not seen some had their arms in slings elings others hobbled on crutches and all sho showed ed traces of recent sut suffering Terin it was remarked that a large proportion belonged to the tha imperial guard which goes to confirm the statement of 0 your correspondent at the austrian headquarters as the extent to which this corps suffered A medical man who has charge of upwards of a hundred wounded men french and austrians Aust rians nans noticed with surprise stirpe pe of the on the left indications indic atins that they were struck while in in the he act of 0 firing or that the troops had bad not allowed allow ed in aimin aiming for the lateral deviation of the rifle but bullet lie he also observed that these bullets mide made holes as if they had been drilled and that they travelled over or through the body in the most moat ece etric directions in one case the ball struck the right eye carried away the bridge of the nose and passed over the left eye making its exit just before the ear another penetrate near the back of the neck and came out be low the root of the tongue the conclusion i is that after all conical balls produce less leas dangerous d angelous ang erous gunshot than the ordinary spherical ones since whenever the first meet laett an obstacle except they strike stride with the apex they dei lecate aate frona torn their course instead ot of smashing the bone and make their way through the fleshy part of bt the body ilow how far this conclusion way may be true or false will be for your medical readers to determine ine |