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Soldier wounded "by a musket ball, which fractured the head of the right tibia. He was admitted to the U. S. General Hospital, at Beverly, New Jersey, on August 22, 1864. On September 12th, the thigh was amputated at the lower third. On January 19, 1865, re-amputation at the hip was performed..."

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Title: Photographs of surgical cases and specimens
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: United States. Surgeon-General's Office Otis, George A. (George Alexander) 1830-1881 Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907, collecter Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Subjects: Medicine, Military Medicine, Military Surgery, Operative Surgery, Operative Military Medicine American Civil War General Surgery Wounds and injuries
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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external wound cicatrized, and his general health rapidly amended.Unfortunately, firm anchylosis took place between the scapula and upperextremity of the humerus, and the muscles of the shoulder wasted fromdisuse. The patient was transferred to hospital at Madison, Indiana, onMarch 11, 1864, and was discharged from service April 22, 1864. InSeptember, 1868, this pensioner went to New York, and was providedwith an apparatus by Dr. E. D. Hudson, who reported that the shorteningof the arm was about half an inch, the motions of the forearm and handwere normal, that the muscles of the shoulder were much atrophied, andthat the only motion of the shoulder was the limited movements permittedby the scapula following the humerus. Dr. Hudson was of the opinionthat the apparatus which he applied mechanically aided muscular actionto a satisfactory degree. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS,BoI Lt. Col. and Asst Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. 31. M.
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J5UF iniiii piiTriiii» m. ■■ Trepared under t7ie supervision of Assistant Surgeon Peorge A Otis, U. S. A.BY ORDER OP THE SBRGEON GENERAL. WAR DEPARTaiEST, .EON (jENERALS Dff ICE, ^RM Y yttEDlCAL. ^WuSEUM. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 203. Stump of a Reamputation at the RightHip, Two and a half years Suhsequent to the Operation.Private Eben E. Smith, Co. A, 11th Maine Volunteers, aged nineteen years, was wounded at the engagement at Deep Bottom, near Drurys Bluff, Virginia, on August 16, 1864, by a nmsket ball, which fractured the head of the right tibia. He was admitted to the U. S. General Hospital, at Beverly, New Jersey, on August 22, 1864. On September 12th, the thigh was amputated at the lower third. On January 19, 1865, re-amputation at the hip was performed by Acting Assistaut Surgeon J. H. Packard. On January 27th, there was secondary haemorrhage, and the external iliac was tied. On May 27th, he was discharged from service, well and strong. He was received as a pen

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