208 ANDREW JACKSON HOWE. 



devised and put in operation a grand ambulance sys- 

 tem, which has never been surpassed. He demon- 

 strated the necessity of early amputations after severe 

 gun-shot wounds and attacks of gangrene. He did 

 not wait for reactions and lines of demarkation ; lie 

 amputated as soon as there was a seeming necessity 

 for such an operation. 



