. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . aft of the humerus, and the fiag-nients of the coracoid process, were removed through an U shaped incision,by Surgeon 0. A. Judson, U. S. Volunteers. The case progressed rapidlytowards recovery, and without any unfavorable complications. Attentionwas paid to supporting the elbow, in order to approximate the upper ex-iremity of the humerus to the glenoid cavity, and the wound was keptopen for a time by dossils of lint. The coraco-brachialis and the shorthead of the biceps doubtless formed acw attachments at the base of thecoracoid process. The pho
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . aft of the humerus, and the fiag-nients of the coracoid process, were removed through an U shaped incision,by Surgeon 0. A. Judson, U. S. Volunteers. The case progressed rapidlytowards recovery, and without any unfavorable complications. Attentionwas paid to supporting the elbow, in order to approximate the upper ex-iremity of the humerus to the glenoid cavity, and the wound was keptopen for a time by dossils of lint. The coraco-brachialis and the shorthead of the biceps doubtless formed acw attachments at the base of thecoracoid process. The photograph of the patient was taken December 1,1864, at which date the cicatrix was perfectly sound, and the patientscontrol over the movements of the limb eminently satisfactory. .Joneswas discharged from service December VI, 1864. The specimen is 2479of the Surgical Section of the Army Medical Museum. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GKORGE A. OTIS. Evl Ll. Col. and Asist Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. M. J/. Trepnred binder ifie supervision of /assistant pURGEON pEORGE A, Dtis, U. S. ABY ORDER OF THE SDKGEON GENERAL. ^ ^ ^URGEON , /rmY yyiEDICA^/AuSEUM. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Specimen No. 1481. Amputated Extremity of the RightFemur and Upper Extremity of Tihia. with a Round MusketBall impacted near the Spinous Process of the Articidar Sur-face of the Tihia. Private ■—, a soldier of the 8rd Division of the 1st Army Corps, was wounded at Gettysburg, Penn., on July 1st, 1865, by a musket ballAvhich entered through the right popliteal space, fissured the internalcond^de of the femur, and lodged in the head of the tibia. He underwent amputation of the lower third of the thigh on July 15th,and died July 17th, 1863. The specimen was contributed by SurgeonP. A. Quinan, in charge of the Division Hospital. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum, BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORaK A. OTIS, Jh--/ Lt. CaL and Surg. U. N. V., Cur
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