Artificial limbs for the United States Army and Navy : per commission of Surgeon-General, U.S.A.

  • Hudson, E. Darwin (Erasmus Darwin), Jr., 1843-1887.
Date:
[1865?]
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Credit: Artificial limbs for the United States Army and Navy : per commission of Surgeon-General, U.S.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOE THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY. PER COMMISSION OF SURGEON-GENERAL, U. S. A. At the outset of the war, says the American Medical Times, August 2, 1862, we proposed that an appropriation should be made by Government, of money, for .the purchase of Artificial Limbs for soldiers who have lost their arms and legs in the service. This proposition was entertained in Congres- sional circles, and an appropriation made at the last session of Congress.'' The matter was referred to the Surgeon-General, United States Army, who gave notice that a Board of Physicians and Surgeons would be convened in New York, for the purpose of investigating the comparative merits of Artificial Limbs. This Board, consisting of Dr. Valentine Mott, President; Dr. Satterlee, Medical Purveyor, United States Army; Dr. Bache, United States Navy; Dr. William H. Yan Buren, of New York; Drs. Gross of Philadelphia, and Warren of Boston, after a preliminary meeting, assembled for the purpose of examining models of different limbs, on the 27th of August, 1862. The object of this Board was to examine the merits of different limbs, and report to the Surgeon-General. They accordingly, after a thorough examination, selected five persons, and recommended that each be commissioned to construct all limbs for soldiers in one of the following cities, to wit: New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. On October 24th, C. McDougall, Surgeon, United States Army, Medical Director, notified Dr. E. D. Hudson that he had been instructed by Surgeon-General Hammond, United States Army, to place all soldiers needing artificial legs under his charge for treatment; and further, that all mutilated soldiers at that time in his department, as well as all thereafter brought to the port of ^ew York, and vicinity, were to be transferred to the Central Park Hospital, which is devoted specially to