Distal Portion of a Right Femur with an Embedded Musket Ball

Item Information

Title:
Distal Portion of a Right Femur with an Embedded Musket Ball
Description:
Inscription: "6693 12-3" Stamped on the bone in red; "6693 12-3 12" written on the underside of the base in pencil. Distal portion of a right femur wired together and mounted on a black wooden base with split metal rods. Bone is from an unidentified soldier injured in the American Civil War.
Creator:
Morrison, Paul (photographer)
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Bone, metal, wood
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Warren Anatomical Museum
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
Fractures
Osteopathic medicine
Gunshot wounds
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6127
Terms of Use:
The Harvard Medical Library does not hold copyright on all the materials in the collection. For use information, contact the Warren Anatomical Museum Curator at chm@hms.harvard.edu
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Notes:
Preparation was originally collected and mounted by the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. It was transferred to Jeffries Wyman between 1860 - 1874 and formerly resided in his museum. At his death in 1874 Wyman left the preparation to the Boston Society for Natural History who then transferred it to the Warren Anatomical Museum..
Notes (date):
Undated
Identifier:
06693