Editorial note — Translated From L'Economiste Belge. How Our History Will Be Told In The Year 3000.

[Footnote 42: At Strasbourg the effects of the Chassepot gun have just been certified by experiments on a corpse hung at a distance of fifteen yards. The experiments were made by M. Sarazin, and corroborated by the medical faculty. We will hear the good doctor in his own words: "I am far from exaggerating," said he modestly, "the practical value of my experiences, and I well know the desiderata, easier to distinguish than resolve, that they present from the point of view in which the effect of the Chassepot gun is produced according to distance and on the living being. However, everywhere I have drawn the following conclusions: "At a short distance, and on a corpse the projectiles have not deviated in their course. "1. The diameter of the orifice, as it enters, is the same as that of the projectile. "2. The diameter of the orifice, as it goes out, is enormous, seven to thirteen times larger than that of the ball. "3. The arteries and veins are cut transversely, drawn back and gaping. The muscles are torn and reduced to the consistency of pulp. "4. The bones are shattered to a considerable extent, and out of all proportion to the shock of the projectile. "To sum up, the effects present a remarkable intensity, and it is well to note that, after having traversed the corpse, the projectile pierced two planks, each an inch thick, and buried itself deeply in the wall."]