Specimen 20

civil war specimen

Humerus: Gunshot fracture of shaft associated with extensive callus formation of the upper two thirds and partial separation of the sequestrum.

The fracture was sustained at Antietam on September 17, 1862. The patient was admitted to the hospital on September 27, 1862 and amputation was performed approximately 3 months later. The patient died later that year.

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