Distal Portion of a Right Femur with an Embedded Musket Ball
Dublin Core
Title
Distal Portion of a Right Femur with an Embedded Musket Ball
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
Fractures
Osteopathic medicine
Gunshot wounds
human remains
Description
Inscription: "6693 12-3" Stamped on the bone in red; "6693 12-3 12" written on the underside of the base in pencil.
Abstract
Distal portion of a right femur wired together and mounted on a black wooden base with split metal rods. Bone is from an unidentified soldier injured in the American Civil War.
Creator
Unknown
Morrison, Paul (photographer)
Date Created
Undated
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum
Format
model
Medium
Bone, metal, wood
Type
physical object
Identifier
06693
Provenance
Preparation was originally collected and mounted by the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. It was transferred to Jeffries Wyman between 1860 - 1874 and formerly resided in his museum. At his death in 1874 Wyman left the preparation to the Boston Society for Natural History who then transferred it to the Warren Anatomical Museum..
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Bone.
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown and Morrison, Paul (photographer), “Distal Portion of a Right Femur with an Embedded Musket Ball,” OnView, accessed May 8, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6127.