Radiograph of the right elbow of Henry Pickering Bowditch, showing fragments of bullet

Radiograph of the right elbow of Henry Pickering Bowditch, showing fragments of bullet

Radiography in orthopedics

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

Autograph presentation inscription "from E. A. Codman to Henry P. Bowditch" on verso

This radiograph was taken by Ernest Amory Codman (Assistant in Anatomy at Harvard Medical School) of the elbow of H. P. Bowditch, showing fragments of a bullet he had received on November 27, 1863, when he was shot in the forearm, leading a charge. Codman, who would marry Bowditch's niece, Katherine, in 1899, presented the X-ray plate as a Christmas gift.

Codman, Ernest Amory

1896, circa

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Papers of Henry Bowditch, 1806-1957 (inclusive), 1858-1910 (bulk), H MS c5.4.

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1 radiographic print

Radiographic film

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DigID0001526

Donated by Mrs. Harold Bowditch to the Library of Harvard Medical School, 1968.

Radiograph

7" x 9"