According to the same authority, Paulus Aegineta also treated fully of wounds by arrow-heads, and described a method used in his time to remove firmly-impacted arrows.

Albucasius and others of the Arabian school did little or nothing toward aiding our knowledge of the means of extracting foreign bodies.

After the fourteenth century the attention of surgeons was directed to wounds from projectiles impelled by gunpowder.

In the sixteenth century arrows were still considerably used in warfare, and we find Pare a delineating the treatment of this class of injuries with the sovereign good sense that characterized his writings.

As the use of firearms became prevalent the literature of wounds from arrows became meager, and the report of an instance in the present day is very rare.
Bill has collected statistics and thoroughly discussed this subject, remarking upon the rapidity with which American Indians discharge their arrows, and states that it is exceptional to meet with only a single wound.