Open AccessGunshot wound (pathogenesis)
Author(s) -
Y. G. Shaposhnikov
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto99601
Subject(s) - gunpowder , sword , battle , humanity , shot (pellet) , arrow , history , ancient history , engineering , law , political science , archaeology , computer science , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , chemistry , programming language
With a perseverance worthy of a better application, humanity throughout its history has been creating means of defeating its own kind. The stone ax and club were replaced by such tools as a knife, an arrow, a dart, a battle ax, a saber, a sword, etc. With the invention of gunpowder, the era of firearms began, which began to improve rapidly and over a relatively short period of time - about 200 years, has undergone dramatic changes. However, no matter how condescendingly today we look at the guns of the era of Peter the Great, a qualitative leap in the development of means of destruction of manpower occurred precisely when the first shot from a primitive gun sounded.