. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . ospital on July 1st, with compound comminuted frac-ture of lower-third of thigh, ball entering and passing throughantero posteriorly. At the time of admission there was muchinflammation of limb. The limb was supported upon pillows,and cold water freely applied. In a few days he was trans-ferred to private quarters, when Smiths anterior splint was 35th regiment Georgiainfantry, was wounded on the 13th December, 1862, and ad-mitted into the hospital on the 15th inst., with compoundfracture of middle-third of left thigh from a Minie ball, en-terin
. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . ospital on July 1st, with compound comminuted frac-ture of lower-third of thigh, ball entering and passing throughantero posteriorly. At the time of admission there was muchinflammation of limb. The limb was supported upon pillows,and cold water freely applied. In a few days he was trans-ferred to private quarters, when Smiths anterior splint was 35th regiment Georgiainfantry, was wounded on the 13th December, 1862, and ad-mitted into the hospital on the 15th inst., with compoundfracture of middle-third of left thigh from a Minie ball, en-tering diagonally and passing horizontally through the treated with cold and warm water dressing, withoutextension, the limb simply supported on pillows, with shortsplint applied. This patient recovered without a bad symp-tom, and was transferred to Columbus, Ga., on the 16thApril, 1863. Three-quarters of an inch shortening. SUMMARY. Upper-third, cases, 5—Deaths, 5 Middle-third, ca^es, 2—Becovered, 2 Lower-third, cases, 1—Jlecovered, 1. No. 5.—Surgeon E. M. Seaerook, in charge. Case 1st, No. 2296.—Private S. W. Brown, company A,2d Florida; wounded May 31st, 18G3; admitted June 1st;compound fracture of thigh in lower-third; general healthbad ; aged 45 years. In this case there was shortening of the{_/limb about an inch and a half. He left the hospital on fur-lough, August 21st, 1862. / Case 2d, No. 2305.—Thomas Mullen, Sergeant-Major of ^
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