Forearm. Lower two-thirds of left forearm. Amputation was performed for gangrene/ulceration of wrist following removal of middle finger (FIG. 1, bone stump at amputation site).
Femur. The shaft is fractured obliquely 11 cm from the distal end. Union has not occurred despite the presence of a large amount of callus (FIG. 1) at the ends of both fragments. A sequestrum is...
Femur. Oblique gunshot fracture. Upper and lower portions of the bone are separated, but united by callus in several places.
Injury sustained at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.
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