Volume 1

Report of the Surgeon-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ending.

  • United States. Surgeon-General's Office.
Date:
[1800s-1952?]
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Credit: Report of the Surgeon-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ending. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Microscopical section : In museum Juno 30, 1891 Ivcccivod durin'? the year ^'■> ^''^ ^ ^ 400 In museum Juno 30, 1892 ~19~9-0 Miscellaneous section: ■ In museum Juno 30, 1891 Received during tlie year ' ino - - - ■ 192 In museum June 30, 1892 TTTT 1, o24 Provisional pathological section: ■ In museum Juno 30, 1891 Received during the year 11 q In museum June 30, 1892 , ' 1,2(4 Provisional anatomical section: ■- In museum June 30, 1891 Received during the year 2i In museum June 30, 1892. 727 RECAPITULATION. Total number of specimens in museum June 30, 1891 9ii Total number received during the year .''.'*!!.'.'.'!!!987 Total number in museum June 30, 1892 ~31~2^ The following are some of tlie more iuterestiug specimens added to tiie mnseum during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892: '^''^WiliTr?^ casts in cathcartine (glue and glycerin), colored after nature, showing diflerent pathological conditions. After specimens in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Purchased. Specimens of sarcoma of thi^h and arm, affecting bones and soft parts. Presented by Dr. J. 1. Sothoron, Washington, D. C. Specim^s of sarcoma of suprarenal capsule and jejunum. Presented by Surgeon K. M. iilton, U. S. Army. ° A series of teetb most of which were removed from Indians in South Dakota, show canes and atrophy. Presented by Dr. Z. T. Daniel, physician United States In- cuan service. Four plaster casts showing various conditions of tympanic membranes. Presented by Dr. B. A. Randall, Philadelphia, Pa. Bones of the riglit f..rearm which were fractured by shot wound in September, 1862. 18,-. T*o <iiity ill March, 1863. Discharged from service in April, 1 Qno December, 1891, septicEsmia set in, necessitating amputation in January, 1892. Presented by Dr. S. M. Whistler, Bainbridge, Pa. Portions of lungs of a cow, showing tubercles. Presented by veterinary suro-eon C. B. Robinson, Washington, D. C. J J o Perforated left innominate bone of a volunteer officer, who was shot in July 1862 and never fully recovered. Died January, 1892. ,Hcart showing abscess of muscular wall and old ante-mortem clot in left ventricle. Death irom hemorrhage into the lungs. Presented by Acting Assistant Surjreon D. S. Lamb, U. S. Army. ° Greatly enlarged models of eye, head, and larynx. Prepared by Dr. Auzoux, Paris. Purchased. r j , Two wax composition models of cerebrum of an adult, showini; the fissures and con- volutions, alter Prof. A. Ecker. Made by Dr. A. Zieglcr, Freiburg. Purchased. Series of eight wax composition models of brains of vertebrates. Prepared under .direction of Prof. R. Wiederslieim, in Freiburg, by Dr. A. Zieglcr. Purchased. Brain of a pure-blood Apache Indian. Presented by' Surgeon W. Matthews, U. S. Army. Cast of human brain, showing the localization of the cortical centers, after Exner. Made by G. Matauscheck, Vienna. Purchased. Series of thirty-one casts in cathcartino (glue aud glycerine), colored after nature. shov( ing dissections and surgical operations. Purchased.