And there was Becker the blue-eyed German prisoner with a bullet through his femoral artery and his hip.

In another region, including a part of Algonquin Park, in Ontario, I have the records of several deer killed by wolves in a single winter; and in every case the wolf slipped up behind his game and cut the femoral artery, or the inner side of the hind leg, and then drew back quietly, allowing the deer to bleed to death.

157.Showing how Digital Compression should be applied to the Femoral Artery.] Do not be afraid to act at once.

159.Dotted Line showing the Course of the Femoral Artery.]

160.Showing how Hemorrhage from the Femoral Artery may be arrested by the Use of an Improvised Apparatus (technically called a Tourniquet).]

On examining the wound, I found the ball had entered the right posterior, passing close below the joint, and taking an oblique direction through the lower edge of the pelvis, made its exit in front of the left thigh, between the femoral artery and the principal tendon, without injuring either.

Femoral and preanal pores none.

Femoral and preanal pores none.