days,rgeon, after several noticed that the wound was healing, however it gave off an "offensive odor. when changing the dressing, ere maggots present. a were eating this loft off skin and were left to continue to clean the wound. the sailor did survive. the same surgeon performed sailor that received a sort of cutlass wound in the upper five. tight.r he was having a hard time controlling the bleeding so he place cork from a bottle, it in the wound, wrapped a turn tourniquet around it. he left the ship with a limp. compound fractures. you have a bone broken through the skin. whosergeon wrote preferred treatment was to push the bone matter back inside the skin, wrap it tightly, place it in a splint, place the leg on a pillow, until the person healed. overall, the sailors received remarkable care for the period. the naval medical service was very successful, and we owe an awful lot to them. summary, these heroic men who served in the navy during the age of sail established a vitalable record of protection for our merchant fleet. on the eve of the american civil war, these sailors and med