. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . -. ««n watiiiiM m« , Trepared under ttie supervision of /ISSISTANT gURGEON pEORGE A. OtIS, U. S. ORDER OF THE SCRGEON GENERAL. ■WAX*. ISEfARXOTSSJSrT. guRGEON pENERALspFPlCE, flRMY MEDICAL ^MUSEUM. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 204. Recovery after Shell Wound of theKnee-Joint treated by Partial Primary Excision. Allison Shutter, Drummer, Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, received,in one of the earlier of the seven days battles before Richmond, in June,1862, a shell wound of the left knee-joint. He was taken prisoner, andwhile he was in


. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . -. ««n watiiiiM m« , Trepared under ttie supervision of /ISSISTANT gURGEON pEORGE A. OtIS, U. S. ORDER OF THE SCRGEON GENERAL. ■WAX*. ISEfARXOTSSJSrT. guRGEON pENERALspFPlCE, flRMY MEDICAL ^MUSEUM. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 204. Recovery after Shell Wound of theKnee-Joint treated by Partial Primary Excision. Allison Shutter, Drummer, Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, received,in one of the earlier of the seven days battles before Richmond, in June,1862, a shell wound of the left knee-joint. He was taken prisoner, andwhile he was in the enemys lines it was decided that primary excisionof the knee-joint should be performed on the field. The operation wascommenced, but was interrupted by an advance of the Union troops, whoregained the ground they had lost earlier in the day. The parts werebrought in apposition, and the limb secured to a splint, and the patientwas sent to Fort Monroe, and admitted to Hygeia Hospital on June July 6th he was sent to Philadelphia on


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