Punch,  17 (1849), 84.

Punch's Peace Prize Essays

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

War, Medical Treatment, Surgery, Instruments


    Punch's suggestions for essay subjects suitable for submission to the Peace Congress prize essay competition. Subjects include the sensations of being struck by a bullet and having the object surgically removed, and of having a knee crushed by a cannonball and subsequent amputation of the limb.



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