'ossary, however, to observe that the proportion of wounded in any individual member of the component parts of a large force, may be very different from that here stated; thus, at the battle of Inkerman, tin41st and 95th regiments, with a strength in the Crimea of 678 and 500 respect; into hospital for treatment 104 and 120 cases of wounds, per cent, of the strength in the former, and 24-0 in i these numbers appear to have been exceeded in some corps on other occasions. also of some importance, as bearing upon the number of recruits Decenary to be Rent oat to keep an army in the field at a. ascertain with accuracy, the average number of any given series of men n Hilt is obtained. to the first i'.ich tin- campaign has been idol on the second of these points, however, is def reasons, and the time itself was subject to disturbing agenci!i did not affect the series of wounds of the second period.
During th much larger per centage of cases treated was invalid.-, 1 t > I gainst in the second. The cause of this was not so much led to th- transfer homo of all cases fit to be removed, which were i honed period of convalescence before I fully fit to resume the of a soldier on active service. During the latter period, as before B( 7161 wounded men were received for treatment, of whom 4509 returned to duty, or 63 per cent. The following table exhibits the time at which this result took place in 6359 of the cases, of which number 4015 returned to duty. The information cannot be given for the entire series, as it has not been furnished by a few corps, but the proportion known is so large that for practical purposes it seems sufficient: Number treated. llatio pe c d c u n retumed Total of wounds treated, 6,359 Returned to duty after a period of treatment: Under one week, 1,476 Over a week, but under one month,...
1,408 22-1 Over one month, but under two, 11-1 Over two months, but under three,.... 4-1 Over three months, but under four,.... Over four months, but under five, 0'6 Over five months, but under six, O'l Exceeding six months, Total returned to duty, 4,015 63-1 NOTE. This table has no reference to men who were invalided to England, and subsequently returned to duty. " The number and results of the secondary capital operations, for the effects of wounds received in action, performed in the general hospitals in this country, (exclusive of the foot guards and ordnance corps), will be seen in the following table: Number performed. Died. " forearm, thigh, " leg, " toe, Removal of diseased bone from stumps, Ligature of external iliac artery,
The total number of men discharged the service for disabilities consequent upon wounds received in action, and other mechanical injuries inflicted during the late war, was 3,011. The several causes are thus shown: SURGEKY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR. required." The battle of Balaklava, and the affair of the 26th of October gave 36 officers and 329 men wounded. The battle of Inkennan yielded a much larger number still, so that between these affairs and the trench casualties, 4,434 wounded non-commissioned officers and privates, with the operations which resulted, are not included in the numbers given in the statistical tables of the war. Of these 4,434 cases, 777 died, or 17-5 per cent., while only 981 deaths followed in the 7,161 cases of wounds which occurred subsequently to April, 1, 1855, giving a per centage of 13-7.
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