LIKE KNIGHTS OF OLD
MODERN PROTECTIVE ARMOUR.
In a paper read before the Academy of Medicine as to the utility of the steel helmet now worn by Fronoh (soldiers, M. Roussy states that, according to the statistics of the Paris military medical bureau, through which hundreds of convalescents pass daily, the proportion of head wounds, iu relation to all wounds, was 8.7 per cent.; in ■ July,' 1915. In August it rose to 10 per cent., and in December to 20 per cent. Although these figures seem to show that head wounds are more numerous than before, the real explanation is that formerly these wounds were nearly always fatal, whereas now the wearer of the helmet generally escapes with slight injuries. . . As the helmet undoubtedly gives the soldier greater confidence, M. Roussy suggests that some kind of protective armour might be provided for the heart and other vital organs of the body.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2758, 29 April 1916, Page 14
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151LIKE KNIGHTS OF OLD Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2758, 29 April 1916, Page 14
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