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THE JAPANESE AMBULANCE, &c. 119
that competition with the Eastern peoples and
the over-population compel the Western nations
to adopt the same rational way of living. Thank
Heaven ! it will not come in my time !
As might be expected, the percentage of shell
wounds as compared to bullet wounds in this
army was considerably greater than in a march-
ing campaign. Statistics for July and August
showed ;
Per Cent,
Rifle (or machine-gun) wounds . . 72’i6
Shell (or shrapnel) wounds . . .
21 ’2
Bayonet, sword, &c., wounds . . . 6‘57
The casualties in the infantry were compara-
tively greater than in the artillery, but much less
so than during field operations. When sapping
commenced the engineers suffered severely. Of
the rifle wounds only a small percentage were
head wounds, while of the shell wounds as much
as 36*79 per cent, had been in the head. The
following table is for the months June to October,
both inclusive :
Rifles
Head.
Per Cent.
2 I-i 6
Body.
Per Cent.
25-72
Upper limbs.
Per Cent,
26-66
Lower limbs.
Per Cent.
26.46
Shells, shrapnel 36*79 18-90 23-18 21-13
Sundry 22-47 12-83 25-26 39’44
A considerable number of the men taken away
on stretchers were not wounded at all, but sick.
The Third Japanese Army was particularly lucky
in suffering comparatively little from epidemics or
infectious diseases. The worst was a virulent
diarrhoea, and typhoid fever. Statistics for July
and August showed :
Per Cent,
Diarrhoea (July) ..... 2’I3
„ _
(August) .... 6 52
Typhoid fever (July) .... O’O
„ „ (August) . . .0-10
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