. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . ■^■^. Trepared U7ider t?ie siepervisio7i of ;4ssiSTANT ^URGEON Peorge A. pris, p. S. ORDER OP THE SURGEON GENERAL. ■ r- V^J yj-RGEON fjENERALs ppFICE, ^RMY yVlEDlCAL /AuSEUi ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 14. Upper Portion of Right Femur^ the Neckand Trochanter Major shattered hy a Gonoidal Musket Ball. Private P. Johnson, Co. C, 2d Delaware Volunteers, was wounded atthe battle of Fredericksburg, December i4th, 1862, by a conoidal musketball, which entered the upper part of the right thigh in front and passedout at the nates, having, in
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . ■^■^. Trepared U7ider t?ie siepervisio7i of ;4ssiSTANT ^URGEON Peorge A. pris, p. S. ORDER OP THE SURGEON GENERAL. ■ r- V^J yj-RGEON fjENERALs ppFICE, ^RMY yVlEDlCAL /AuSEUi ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 14. Upper Portion of Right Femur^ the Neckand Trochanter Major shattered hy a Gonoidal Musket Ball. Private P. Johnson, Co. C, 2d Delaware Volunteers, was wounded atthe battle of Fredericksburg, December i4th, 1862, by a conoidal musketball, which entered the upper part of the right thigh in front and passedout at the nates, having, in its course, divided the femoral artery and per-forated the great trochaiiter. Except that the primary haemorrhage wasslight, little is known of the early history of the case. On December 25th,the wounded man was conveyed to Washington, and placed in the DouglasHospital. On adniission, nearly the entire injured limb was gangrenous,and it was believed that the fracture extended into the hip-joint. BrigadeSurgeon P. Pineo, U. S. Vols., in charge of
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