. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . ew Orleans, the limb meanwhile being supported by bandages andpillows. On arrival, August 7th, he was admitted to the St. James Hos-pital, where a long splint was applied, seventeen days after the reception ofthe wound. The patient was discharged the service April 15, 1863, sincewhen, up to January, 1869, he suffered much pain from frequent exfolia-tions and abscesses. At the latter date, he entered Providence Hospitalat Washington ; and on the 23d, Doctor D. W. Bliss, late Surgeon, U. S. V.,amputated the thigh in the upper third, and afterwards
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. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . ew Orleans, the limb meanwhile being supported by bandages andpillows. On arrival, August 7th, he was admitted to the St. James Hos-pital, where a long splint was applied, seventeen days after the reception ofthe wound. The patient was discharged the service April 15, 1863, sincewhen, up to January, 1869, he suffered much pain from frequent exfolia-tions and abscesses. At the latter date, he entered Providence Hospitalat Washington ; and on the 23d, Doctor D. W. Bliss, late Surgeon, U. S. V., amputated the thigh in the upper third, and afterwards contributed thepathological specimen to the Army Medical Museum. It is No. 5558 ofthe Surgical Section, and shows great deformity and exfoliations on pos-terior aspect. On March 9, 1869, he visited the Museum, recovered, andhis photograph was taken to accompany the specimen. (A. M. M. CardPhotographs, Vol. 1, page 27.) Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS, Asst Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. M M.. Trepared nndei- the supervisioti of Assistant ^orgeon Peorge A. Otis, U. S. /4 BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL. WAS* r»EI^>ARTWEE5Sl^?. ^urgeon Penerals Office, Army yWEDicAL/ZluSEUM.