. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . to duty as the Army Medical Museum. From that date until the present,(September, 1868), he has served continuously, suffering very Utile incon-venience from the mutilation he has undergnne. Without difficulty hecan place his riglit hand on the top of his head; he can lift a weight of200 pounds or more with the injured limb without pain. The movementsof the forearm and hand are not in the least impaired, and there is greatfreedom of all the movements of the arm except abduction. The mus-cular development of the arm equals that of its
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . to duty as the Army Medical Museum. From that date until the present,(September, 1868), he has served continuously, suffering very Utile incon-venience from the mutilation he has undergnne. Without difficulty hecan place his riglit hand on the top of his head; he can lift a weight of200 pounds or more with the injured limb without pain. The movementsof the forearm and hand are not in the least impaired, and there is greatfreedom of all the movements of the arm except abduction. The mus-cular development of the arm equals that of its fellow. No apparatus isrequisite, and altogether the result, is most satisfactory and case effectually disproves the dictum of the older military surgeonson the inutility of excisions of the humerus in cases in which it is neces-siry to saw the shaft below the insertion of the deltoid. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEOROK A. OTIS, Bvl Lt. Col. and AssU Surg, U. S. A., Curator A. M. frepared tender tfie st/pe?-vision of ;4SSISTANT ^URGEON pEORGE PXIS, p. S. ORDER OF THE SCBGEON GENERAL. ^URGEON pENERALspFFICE, ^RMY MeDICAL ^ ■iSBS^iS ^^i^-:^ -.:
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