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Posted on May 16, 2013August 28, 2016

Battle Wounds: Never Pull an Arrow Out of a Body

Often in western films there is a scene where an arrow is yanked from the body of a fallen comrade. As dramatic as that may be it is definitely not the recommended method for removing an arrow. Battle wounds in the American Revolutionary War were of a wide variety, none of which were easy to […]

by Hugh T. Harrington

Posted on May 14, 2013August 28, 2016

How to Treat a Scalped Head

When one thinks of injuries received in battle during the Revolutionary War wounds from gunshots, bayonets and swords come to mind. A far less common wound was that of a scalping victim. In most cases the scalping victim was already dead or soon would be dead when the scalping took place. There were however instances […]

by Hugh T. Harrington