Fractured radius and ulna with gun shot wound

Fractured radius and ulna with gun shot wound

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Gunshot wounds

Osteopathic medicine

Surgery--History--19th century

human remains

Case history: This radius and ulna was from a 35 year old soldier injured on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. His radius was fractured by gunshot and his ulna by a two inch long piece of fragmented gun barrel. The soft tissue of the soldier's arm was heavily lacerated. He was removed to the military hospital at Portsmouth, Rhode Island on July 13th where the gun barrel fragment was removed. Infection set in and the arm was amputated on September 12th. A piece of the soldier's uniform was found embedded in the flesh of the amputated limb. The soldier did well until October 4th, when he became septic. He died on October 10th.
Inscription: "1027 / 12-3 Civil War / Gettysburg" handwritten in pencil under base; "1027. From Gettysburg. Soft parts / extensively lacerated. Wound - / ed July 3rd. Iron removed on 13th / extensive suppuration am- / putated Sept. 12th. Did well / till Oct. 4th then..."

Radius and ulna articulated and mounted on wooden base painted black.

Cushing, Stephen

Morrison, Paul (photographer)

Undated

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model

11 H x 28 W x 10 D cm

Bone, metal, wood

physical object

01027

Donated by Stephen Cushing, Harvard Medical Student, in 1863.