. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . 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 pensioner in the Eastern Branch of the U. S. Military Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in May, 1867. On July 11, 1867, Surgeon B. 13. Breed had the negative taken from which the photo-graph is printed, and reported Smith to be
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . 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 pensioner in the Eastern Branch of the U. S. Military Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in May, 1867. On July 11, 1867, Surgeon B. 13. Breed had the negative taken from which the photo-graph is printed, and reported Smith to be in excellent health. In the spring of 1870 his health remained good. He had been pensioned and supplied with an artificial limb. The ne-crosed upper extremity of the femur is repre-sented in the wood cut. A more detailed account of the earlier history of the case will be found with Photograph No. at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS,Bvt Lt. Col. and Asst Surg. U. S. A„ Curator A. M. -
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