. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . andthe wounds discharged but about half an ounce of laudable pus in twenty-four hours. The injured limb was shortened two inches. It was placedon a mattrass and supported by sand bags, and extension was made bya weight of sixteen pounds. A liberal diet was ordered and twenty-dropsof the tincture of the sesquichloride of iron thrice daily; but no stimulants. On April 14th, the discharge was diminished to one drachm daily, andthe shortening was reduced to one and a quarter inches. On May 11th,union was believed to be complete, and extension was rem
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . andthe wounds discharged but about half an ounce of laudable pus in twenty-four hours. The injured limb was shortened two inches. It was placedon a mattrass and supported by sand bags, and extension was made bya weight of sixteen pounds. A liberal diet was ordered and twenty-dropsof the tincture of the sesquichloride of iron thrice daily; but no stimulants. On April 14th, the discharge was diminished to one drachm daily, andthe shortening was reduced to one and a quarter inches. On May 11th,union was believed to be complete, and extension was removed and thepatient allowed to walk about 07i crutches. On June 25th, the photographwas taken at the Army Medical Museum, The wounds were entirelyhealed, and the femur appeared to be firmly united On July 5th, 1865,the patient Avas transferred to the U. S. General Hospital at Readville,Massachusetts. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum, BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON G E:M E R A L : QEORGE A. OTIS, Bvi Li, CoU mid Surg. U, S. F., Curator A. M. M,. la^la^l Prepared under t?ie svpervision of ;4ssiSTANT ^URGEON ■ Peorge A. Dtis, USABY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL. ^ ^URGEON ,CE,/.RMY;VlEDICA/ftuSEU* ^llfK|l0ll fttfiar^ (iffwf ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photographic Series No. 46. Consolidated Gunshot Fractnrr of the Lower Third of the Right Femur. Private Jacob Durst, Co. D, (j9th New York Vols., aged 21 3ears, \Yar-wounded, March 25th, 1865., at the battle of Hatchers Eun, by a conoidalwusket ball, which passed through the riglit tliigb, five iiu-lies above tli><patella, from before backwards, splintering the femur. The ])atient was admitted to Armory Square Hospital, March , and was treated with Hodgens apparatus until April 14th, andsubsequently by Bucks method. There ^,;^-. comparatively littk^constitutional disturbance at any time, and tlic suppuration fioiu (iurwound was slight. On June 9th, 1865. the fracture had llruily 1| inches shortening
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