Treating Gunshot Wounds
In treating gunshot wounds never probe for the missiles. Merely swab the entrance and exit wounds with an antiseptic solution, such as iodine tincture, and apply sterile dressing, Lockjaw sometimes results from these wounds. All cases should be cared for by a physician or a surgeon. The tend¬ency of doctors, however, is to give anti-tetanus serum for all gunshot wounds, as well as for all other wounds with any likelihood of becoming infected. If one maintains a clean blood-stream by good elimination, eats moderately and cor¬rectly and drinks copiously of plain water, and as soon as practicable exposes wounds to sunlight or artificial sunlight, it is not likely that there usually will be any serious con¬sequences from them.