Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893 Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0031 Author/Creator: Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: March 1867 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 35.5 x 27.8 cm. Order a Copy
One photograph entitled, "Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated March 1867. Image is of Major Tomas G. Morrison of Indiana, five months after undergoing surgery on his right arm. Verso features a photograph of the 4" shaft removed from Morrison's forearm, alongside a description of his medical condition and the operation he underwent. Description indicates that Morrison was "wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, on October 4, 1864 by a conoidal ball, which passed through the surgical neck of the right humerus, severing the head from the shaft." Text on bottom of mount reads: "Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. By Order of the Surgeon General: Geroge A. Otis, Bv't Lt. Col. and Ass't Surg. U.S.A. Curator A.M.M."
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