Gunshot Wound: Peculiar Symptoms of Shock

The following case, of gunshot injuries, is interesting as tlie symptoms of shock that supervened were quite unusual, more especially as the injuries were of a very minor nature. Of. S., a man of good physique, was hit by two bullets from a service rifle fired by a man that had "run amok" on the afternoon of the 18th February. The first bullet struck the left thigh behind and passed through the hamstrings ; the second bullet struck the back of the right thigh and went through the skin and subcutaneous tissues. In the first case the wounds of entrance and exit were exactly similar and were very small, while in the second case the wound of