What is the difference between treating an arrow wound a century (or two) ago , and treating a bullet wound in modern times ?

Question

When I say modern times let’s say from the civil war until today.

What are the basis of the treatments ? and what were the advancments we made in medecine in the mean time for such treatments ?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I imagine when it doesn’t go through, extraction would be way harder than a bullet to remove. Often, I don’t think the bullet needs to be removed necessarily. For that matter, our imaging technology is light-years ahead. Instead of a blind guess, they actually have a game plan going into the surgery

Edit: access to antibiotics is huge too