Braidwood speaks of the physiologic action of
Dajaksch, an arrow-poison used in Borneo. Arnott has made
observations relative to a substance produced near Aden, which is
said to be used by the Somalies to poison their arrows. Messer of
the British Navy has made inquiries into the reputed poisonous
nature of the arrows of the South Sea Islanders.
Otis has collected reports of arrow-wounds from surgical cases
occurring in the U. S. Army. Of the multiple arrow-wounds, six
out of the seven cases were fatal. In five in which the cranial
cavity was wounded, four patients perished. There were two
remarkable instances of recovery after penetration of the pleural
cavity by arrows. The great fatality of arrow-wounds of the
abdomen is well known, and, according to Bill, the Indians always
aim at the umbilicus; when fighting Indians, the Mexicans are
accustomed to envelop the abdomen, as the most vulnerable part,
in many folds of a blanket.
Of the arrow-wounds reported, nine were fatal, with one
exception, in which the lesion implicated the soft parts only.
The regions injured were the scalp, face, and neck, in three
instances; the parietes of the chest in six; the long muscles of
the back in two; the abdominal muscles in two; the hip or
buttocks in three; the testis in one; the shoulder or arm in 13;
forearm or hand in six; the thigh or leg in seven.
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