Not satisfied with his experience in our war, he stated to the pension examiners that he was on his way to join Garibaldi's army.

This case is marvelous when we consider the proximity of several of the wounds to a vital part; the slightest deviation of position would surely have resulted in a fatal issue for this apparently charmed life.

The following table shows the man's injuries in the order of their reception:-- (1) Sabre-cut across the quadriceps femoris of right leg, dividing the tendinous and muscular structures.
(2) Sabre-thrust between the bones in the middle third of the right forearm.
(3) Shot in the right thigh, the ball passing through the middle third.
(4) A sword-cut across the spinal muscles covering the lower dorsal vertebrae.
(5) Tortured by guerillas in Indian fashion by having burning splinters of wood applied to the surface of his right thorax.
(6) An exploded shell passed through the hamstring muscles of the right thigh and embedded itself in the ligamentous tissues of the internal condyle of the femur.
(7) Shot by a ball between the 6th and 7th ribs of the left side.
(8) Bayonetted through the body, the steel passing through the left lobe of the liver and penetrating the posterior border of the diaphragm.
(9) Pistol-ball shot through the sternocleido muscle of one side of the neck, emerging through the corresponding muscle of the other side of the neck.
(10) Sabre-thrust between the bones of the left forearm.
(11) Pistol-shot through the left pectoralis major and left deltoid muscles.
(12) Deep cut dividing the commissure between the left thumb and forefinger down to the carpal bones.
Somewhat analogous to the foregoing is a case reported in 1834 by McCosh from Calcutta.

The patient was a native who had been dreadfully butchered in the Chooar campaign.

One of his hands was cut off above the wrist.