In one case mentioned by Sir James Paget, the clothes were wet and the man's skin was reeking with perspiration.

In its course the lightning traveled down the clothes, tearing them posteriorly, and completely stripping the patient.

The boots were split up behind and the laces torn out.

This patient, however, made a good recovery.

Beatson mentions an instance in which an explosion of a shell completely tore off the left leg of a sergeant instructor, midway between the knee and ankle.