John Hill Brinton (1832-1907), a surgeon with the United States Volunteers, compiled statistical information on gunshot wounds and amputations from reports submitted by the army hospitals to the Surgeon General's Office. Table no. 4 lists over 1300 amputations performed during the months of September through December, 1862.
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