Modern Rifles Merciful.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 8, 1912:
Only Two Amputations Out of 670 Wounded Treated by Surgeon.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    VIENNA, Nov. 7.— Prof. Jedlicka of Prague University delivered to-day an interesting lecture on his experiences at Belgrade, where he is about to return. He has already treated 670 wounded, of whom only two suffered amputation. Very remarkable is the rapid, successful healing of wounds caused by contemporary firearms. Even an injury to the heart, occasioned by rifle-fire, has healed quickly and thoroughly.
    On the strength of these observations he characterises the modern rifle as a weapon which disables but seldom kills. The Tagblatt publishes the following statement: "The Balkan States definitively refuse any interference on the part of the great powers, and insist upon the partition of European Turkey. King Ferdinand will take the title of Emperor of Bulgaria, King Nicholas will be King of Montenegro and Albania, and King Peter King of All the Serbs."