. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . he fractured limb was supported by SmithsAnterior Splint. During May and June, a number of fragments of bonewere eliminated. In August, the wounds closed and the fracture appearedto be firmly united, and on September 3, 1864, the patient was dischargedfrom service, and was afterwards pensioned, his disability being ratedone half and permanent. In the middle of September, 1864, Westerfieldwas able to walk without crutches. In April, 1865, his limb was photo-graphed at the Army Medical Museum. It was observed that there wascomplete consolidation of
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . he fractured limb was supported by SmithsAnterior Splint. During May and June, a number of fragments of bonewere eliminated. In August, the wounds closed and the fracture appearedto be firmly united, and on September 3, 1864, the patient was dischargedfrom service, and was afterwards pensioned, his disability being ratedone half and permanent. In the middle of September, 1864, Westerfieldwas able to walk without crutches. In April, 1865, his limb was photo-graphed at the Army Medical Museum. It was observed that there wascomplete consolidation of the fracture, with two and a half inches short-ening, and slight eversion of the leg. On July 25, 18f5, Westerfield wasengaged in active out-door employment. He could walk rapidly andwithout limping, with the aid of a high-heeled boot. There was no signof necrosis about the fracture, and the wounds had never re-opened. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORQE A. OTIS, Asst Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. trepared binder tfie supervision of ^issiSTANT Burgeon Peorge A. Otis, USABY ORDER OP THE snununM ,,f„.T ~ ^DER OP THE SURGEON GENERAL. BURGEON ,ce,;4rmy;V1edicai,;Wuseum, ItfIff0i is>tmt ^ #IftIft* ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Specimen No. 4[)S2.—Photographic Series, No. 49. United Gunshot Fracture of the Lower Third of the Lpft Femur. Private James OConnor, Co. F, Ifitli Michigan Vols., was wounded atCold Harbor, Ya., June 2d, 1864, by a conoidal musket ball, which passedthrough the thigh, three inches above the patella, fracturing the femur. The patient was conve3^ed to Armory Square Hospital, at limb was maintained in position by Hodgens Splint. No extensionwas made. In the course of the treatment, eight small fragments ofbone were removed through the wounds of exit. In February, 186), the fracture was firmly united, and the patient wasable to walk briskly without any artificial assistance. The poste
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