Anatomy Def: Cut, opening, or slit in skin or flesh.
Outlander Def: Horrific wound in Rupert’s belly wall delivered by a sharp, sweeping redcoat blade at the Battle of Prestonpans!
Learn about incision wounds in Anatomy Lesson #35, Outlander Owies! – Part One. Learn the differences between incision wounds and lacerations!
Read about Jamie’s incision wound in Dragonfly in Amber book. Why Jamie? Because Rupert doesna suffer an incision wound in Diana’s books, so Jamie must do:
Leaving my head injury to mind himself for a moment, I stepped forward and opened the shirt, pulling it gently away from the injured side. Despite the quantity of blood, I knew it must not be a serious wound; he stood like a rock, and the blood no longer flowed. It was a saber-slash, slanting across the ribs. A lucky angle; straight in and it would have gone deep into the intercostal muscles between the ribs. As it was, an eight-inch flap of skin gaped loose, red beginning to ooze beneath it again with the release of pressure. It would take a goodly number of stitches to repair, but aside from the constant danger of infection, the wound was in no way serious.
See Rupert’s wound and watch Claire close it using a continuous, over and over surgical stitch in Starz episode 210, Prestonpans. Whew, many Highlanders are lucky that Claire went back through the stones!
A deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist