. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . May 8th, the patient was admitted to Douglas Hospitalat Washington, and it was decided to attempt to save the limb. The limbwas first suspended by Smiths anterior splint. Afterwards Hodgensapparatus was applied, and apparently answered abetter purpose; butlarge abscesses having formed in the thigh, and free incisions becomingrequisite, a long fracture box, filled with bran, was substituted. On June16, 1863, the ball and several fragments of detached bone were patient died on July 11, 1863, from exhaustive suppuration. Severaldays befo
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . May 8th, the patient was admitted to Douglas Hospitalat Washington, and it was decided to attempt to save the limb. The limbwas first suspended by Smiths anterior splint. Afterwards Hodgensapparatus was applied, and apparently answered abetter purpose; butlarge abscesses having formed in the thigh, and free incisions becomingrequisite, a long fracture box, filled with bran, was substituted. On June16, 1863, the ball and several fragments of detached bone were patient died on July 11, 1863, from exhaustive suppuration. Severaldays before his death, gangrenous patches appeared on the left leg. Thepreparation shows well the extent of the fracture and of the reparativeprocess. There are several sequestra enclosed in the large deposit ofcallus. The specimen, and the facts concerning it, were contributed byAssistant Surgeon William Thomson, IT. S. Army. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: QEORGE A. OTIS, Asst Surg, U. S. A., Curator A. M. iiMiii ^^ifiiia^^ m. Trepared under t?ie supc7-rision of /SSISTANT ^URGEON pEORGE A. DtIS USABY ORDER OP THE SURGEON GENBKAl! WASt I3>E:PA£iX^SST^. JSURGEON PENERALspKFICE, /cRMY yVlEDICAL ^VlUSEUJ mm VrifW!^^ IIHJI0II #ieii«wr0 #f*i« ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. (Specimen No. 845. Fortwna /thf Eltrentlt anil Twelfth Rih^ of the Right Side, exhibiting (runnhot Fracttcres of the Shafts, tvith Attempts at Repeiratiou. Private Silas Bpckwitli, Co. A-, 83cl New ^ork Vol wounded atthe battle of Fredericksburg, and was admitted into the Lincoln ,at Washington, December 2od, 1862. He had been stvuck by a conoidal musket ball iu tlie back of the rightchest, the ball entering over the attacliment of the seventh rib, and passingforwards. The ball was extracted, and simple dressings were ensued, and resulted in empyema. On Januarv 3d,1868, a pint of pus was evacuated from the jjleural cavity. The caseterminated fata
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