The Medical and surgical reporter . Fig. 1863.] COMMUNICATIONS. Communications. FIVE CASES OP GUN SHOT PEACTUKEOF THE FEMUK. Successfully treated with Smiths Anterior,by Charles A. McCall, M. D., U. S. A. By Elliott Coues, M. D., U. S. A. Of Wasliingtou, D. C. After the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13,1862, three cases of gun shot fracture of thefemur were received at the Mount Pleasant U. Hospital, under charge of Charles , Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. These, withtwo other cases from the second Bull Run battle,in the Stone Hospital, at that time also undercharge of
The Medical and surgical reporter . Fig. 1863.] COMMUNICATIONS. Communications. FIVE CASES OP GUN SHOT PEACTUKEOF THE FEMUK. Successfully treated with Smiths Anterior,by Charles A. McCall, M. D., U. S. A. By Elliott Coues, M. D., U. S. A. Of Wasliingtou, D. C. After the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13,1862, three cases of gun shot fracture of thefemur were received at the Mount Pleasant U. Hospital, under charge of Charles , Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. These, withtwo other cases from the second Bull Run battle,in the Stone Hospital, at that time also undercharge of the same Surgeon, present in sucha favorable light the chances of success bv carefultreatment, as compared with the results of ampu-tation that they appear worthy of publication. Admitting the fact, now generally conceded byArmy Surgeons, that secondary amputation of thethigh is, except under peculiarly favorable cir-cumstances, almost invariably fatal, it becomes amatter for serious consideration, whether treatmentin many of the cases usua
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