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If a person was shot with pretty much anything back then, if not "stopped" (like a head shot), they usually died from septsis (literally:lead poisoning" - not just a wry comment) shortly thereafter.
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You did gracefully write "usually". One notable exception would be our fearless leader, Andrew Jackson. He took one in the chest in a duel with Charles Dickenson (whom he killed moments later, albeit in a breach of etiquette). It broke two ribs, popped a lung, and remained near (and not so dear) to his heart for last 39 years of his life.
It's an interesting story I learned from "Tales of the Gun: Dueling pistols" on Utoob.
Good acquisition for turps. I'd be hard-pressed to resist hijacking the original story and claim that living history was 'inherited' instead of 'purchased'.