Cranial section with saber wound

Item Information

Title:
Cranial section with saber wound
Description:
Catalog entry: Extensive sabre wound of the right frontal bone; there is still a small opening quite through, though the injury seems to have been well repaired. Received on board one of the United States vessels during the war of 1812. Section of frontal and right parietal bones with healed saber wound. Wound received on board a United States vessel during the War of 1812.
Contributor:
Townsend, Solomon David, 1793-1869.
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Bone
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Warren Anatomical Museum
Subjects:
United States--History--War of 1812
Head Injuries, Penetrating
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6135
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Donated to the Boston Society for Medical Improvement by Solomon D. Townsend in 1840.
Identifier:
05108