Excised head of humerus

Excised head of humerus

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

Gunshot wounds

Osteopathic medicine

human remains

This amputated head of the left humerus was excised from a soldier in the American Civil War. He was shot at the battle of Fredericksburg. The amputation was performed sometime after the injury by Algernon Coolidge and was successful. The soldier was found working at the Charlestown Naval Yard in 1865..
Inscription: in pencil on bottom of base: "6536 / 14-1"; in red paint on base: "6536 / 14-1."

Head of left humerus mounted on black wooden base.

Coolidge, Algernon (physician)

Undated

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model

Bone, metal, wood

physical object

06536

Donated by Dr. Algernon Coolidge in 1863.

Bone