Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Pvt. Philip Ritner, Co. I, 10th New York Volunteers, sustained a gunshot wound at the Battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. Depressed fragments of bone were removed from his cranium via trephine on Dec. 19, 1862. [AFIP-385059] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Pvt. James Kegerreis, Co. B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, sustained a gunshot wound in his neck and shoulder at the Battle of Petersburg on June 17, 1864. His proximal humerus was excised on Jan. 17, 1865. Fistulas continued to develop, and his health began to fail until a six-inch sequestrum was removed in December 1867. [AFIP-1001349] (National Museum of Health and Medicine......
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Pvt. James Kegerreis, Co. B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, sustained a gunshot wound in his neck and shoulder at the Battle of Petersburg on June 17, 1864. His proximal humerus was excised on Jan. 17, 1865. [AFIP-1001349] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Pvt. Dennis Sullivan, Co. E, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, sustained a gunshot wound at Harper’s Farm, Virginia, on April 6, 1865. A segment of his cranium was removed via trephine, revealing an abscess and depression fracture. Another trephination was performed adjacent to the first to allow for the removal of bone fragments. [AFIP-518747] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by......
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Henry Case, Co. H, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry, sustained a gunshot wound at the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864. His proximal humerus was excised. Multiple saw marks near the bottom of the bone show false starts where the chain saw slipped before settling into a groove. [AFIP-1001618] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Edwin Ulmer, Co. G, 15th New Jersey, sustained a gunshot wound in his thigh at the Battle of Cedar Creek on Oct. 19, 1864. Surgeons amputated his leg at mid-thigh on Nov. 14, 1864. An additional necrosed piece of bone was removed from his amputation stump in April 1865. [AFIP-384932] [AFIP-1002792] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Edwin Ulmer, Co. G, 15th New Jersey, sustained a gunshot wound in his thigh at the Battle of Cedar Creek on Oct. 19, 1864. Surgeons amputated his leg at mid-thigh on Nov. 14, 1864. [AFIP-384932] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron | National Museum of Health and Medicine | 12.09.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Henry Case, Co. H, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry, sustained a gunshot wound at the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864. His proximal humerus was excised. Multiple saw marks near the bottom of the bone show false starts where the chain saw slipped before settling into a groove. [AFIP-1001618] (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron.)...
