Surgical notes of cases of gunshot injuries occurring during the advance of the Army of the Cumberland in the summer of 1863 / by I. Moses.

  • Moses, Israel, 1821-1870.
Date:
[1864?]
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Credit: Surgical notes of cases of gunshot injuries occurring during the advance of the Army of the Cumberland in the summer of 1863 / by I. Moses. 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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    \f /fd' There were performed after admission into the hospital— Amputations of left leg . « low. 3d thigh « mid. 3d knee-joint trephining Ligature of femoral artery- All of which were fatal. One case of ligature of the carotid (external) was successful. All these were secondary operations performed from two to six weeks after injury, and all but the cases of ligation of arteries and trephining were in the field hospital, where depressing causes alluded to above existed, and which explains the great mortality. Mr/RFREESBOROCGH, Tenk., Nov. 25, 1863.