Specimen 9

Femur. Tubular sequestrum with a ring of smooth surfaced bone (FIG. 1) surrounding the point of amputation.

Specimen 1

Stump of Femur. Greatly thickened cortex shows the openings of several sinuses (FIG. 1) that drained an abscess cavity in the medulla.

Specimen 8

Humerus. The shaft consists almost entirely of sequestrum (FIG. 1), which is in the process of separation. An involucrum is absent on the anterior surface and only partially present posteriorly.

Specimen 16

Femur. Upper third of the bone shows a depressed and fragmented gunshot fracture (FIG. 1) of the anterior surface of the shaft adjacent to the lesser trochanter. A large splinter (FIG. 2) has...

War, Bones and Books

The carnage of the American Civil War......

Specimen 19

Tibia/Fibula. Gunshot fracture of both bones with union by abundant callus. Fragments of necrotic bone and muscle were retained in wound, causing prolonged abscess formation....

The Army Medical Museum

The 'Old Red Brick' Army Medical Museum and Library, Washington, D. C. - U. S. - National Library of Medicine

Specimen 14

Tibia/Fibula. Inferior portion of leg showing fracture of the fibula; the space between the two bone fragments was originally filled by soft tissue.

Civil War Medicine

  Union soldiers prepare for a battlefield operation. - U.S.A. National Archives

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