. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . asadmitted to the King Street Hospital at Alexandria on September 3, 1862,and, two days afterward, Surgeon J. E. Summers, U. S. A., amputated thethigh at the junction of the lower and middle third by the antero-posteriorflap operation. The case progressed favorably until October 3d, (a cold,rainy day) when the patient had a severe chill, which recurred on the#fol-lowing afternoon. Tonics and stimulants were freely administered, not-withstanding which he gradually sank; absorption of the new granulationstook place; the edges of the flaps retractin
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . asadmitted to the King Street Hospital at Alexandria on September 3, 1862,and, two days afterward, Surgeon J. E. Summers, U. S. A., amputated thethigh at the junction of the lower and middle third by the antero-posteriorflap operation. The case progressed favorably until October 3d, (a cold,rainy day) when the patient had a severe chill, which recurred on the#fol-lowing afternoon. Tonics and stimulants were freely administered, not-withstanding which he gradually sank; absorption of the new granulationstook place; the edges of the flaps retracting, left the bone exposed; osteo-myelitis occurred; and there was extreme emaciation, with great prostra-tion, and inability to take or retain nourishment or stimulants, resultingin the death of the patient October 20, 1862. The specimen and historywere contributed by Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas 0. Barker, U. S. A. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS, Asst Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. M. ^iliilll »f iiiiw KlS, Trepared under ttie supervision «/ Assistant Burgeon Peorge fc. Ptis, p. g. /k BY OKDER OF THE SDBGEOM GENERAL. War. x>::ij(iE;i>iil3E% gURGEON pENERJLs PFFICE, /kRMY ^MEDICAL. J&VSEVI. * Qiixtt. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 228. Amputated Portion of the Right Ferrmr, showing United Fracture, ivith a Fragment of Lead imbeddedin the Callus. Private Jesse M. Jones, Co. K, 21st Indiana Volunteers, aged twenty-nine years, was wounded at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 5, 1862, bya musket ball, which fractured the right femur at the junction of middleand upper third. He was taken to the regimental hospital the nightafter, remained a day, and was thence sent by a transport steamer toNew Orleans, the limb meanwhile being supported by bandages andpillows. On arrival, August 7th, he was admitted to the St. James Hos-pital, where a long splint was applied, seventeen days after the reception ofthe wound
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