Happy New Year to you too, Mira, and to all others here.
There are others much better qualified to contribute to this thread, but I do remember coming across (in Google Books) two separate books entitled ‘A Treatise on Gun-shot Wounds’, one by Thomas Chevalier and the other by G J Guthrie. However, they are not specific to naval surgeons.
There is a useful article (with photos) on naval surgeons’ instruments (which they had to provide themselves) by J C Goddard here:
The navy surgeon's chest: surgical instruments of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War. Given the absence of anaesthetics, the probing tools and bullet extracting forceps look frightening! I have also read that a finger was better for probing than instruments…
Here is the list of instruments from the article:
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List of surgical instruments which were to be included in the naval surgeon's chest (Supplied by Messrs Evans & Co, c. 1812)
Amputation
2 amputating knives
1 amputating saw with spare blade
1 metacarpal saw with spare blade
Pair of bullet forceps
2 catlins
Pair of artery forceps
2 dozen curved needles
2 tenaculums
6 Petit's screw tourniquets
Pair of bone nippers and turnscrew
Trephination
3 trephines
Saw for the head
Rugines (raspatories or files)
Pair of forceps
Elevator
Brush
Draining fluid
2 trocars
2 silver catheters
2 gum elastic catheters
Dentistry
Key tooth instrument
Gum lancet
2 pairs tooth forceps
Punch
Probing wounds and minor procedures
Pair of strong probe scissors
Curved bistoury with button (scalpel)
Long probe
Scoop for extracting balls
6 scalpels
1 small razor
2 probangs
1 lb ligature thread
1 paper of needles
Set of pocket instruments
Bleeding and cupping
6 lancets in a case
Cupping apparatus
2 seton needles
Miscellaneous
2 pint pewter clyster syringes
Apparatus for restoring suspended animation
Set of japanned iron splints for legs
12 flannel or linen rollers
12 flannel or linen rolled bandages
20 yards of cloth for tourniquets
Case for instruments, with liftout tray
Offhand I can’t think of any detailed descriptions of real cases, but how about the graphic scene in Master & Commander? – which emphasises the importance of extracting pieces of cloth as well as the ball.