LIKE KNIGHTS OF OLD.
MODERN PROTECTIVE ARMOUR,
In a paper read before the Academy of Medicine as to tho utility of the steel helmet now worn by French soldiers, M. Roiissy states that, according to the statistics of tho Paris military medical bureau, through which hundreds of con valescents pass daily, the proportion of head wounds, in relation to all wounds, was 8.7 per cent, in July, 1915. In August it rose to 10 percent., 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 for merly 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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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16213, 26 April 1916, Page 8
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152LIKE KNIGHTS OF OLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16213, 26 April 1916, Page 8
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