AFIP_NMHM-613466
Record
- Holding institution
- NMHM
- Collection
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA)
- Sex
- Male
- Country of origin
- USA
Scientific notes
This specimen is embedded in plastic. Fracture of transverse process of 4th thoracic vertebra. Taken from the body of a man killed by Indians in 1869 at an outpost near Fort Concho, Texas. Four other arrows were extracted from the heart and lungs.
Provenance
<a href="mailto:Franklin.Damann@us.army.mil">Franklin Damann</a>
1 lesions
sharp
- Bones
- Vertebra
- Side
- Right
- Timing
- Perimortem
- Force
- Direct
Projectile Firearm
Arrow projectile point fracture of transverse process of 4th thoracic vertebra.
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Photo by Merissa Olmer
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Photo by Merissa Olmer
Citing this record
Cite the holding institution. FOROST is a finding aid, not the rights holder.
NMHM. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA). catalogue no. AFIP_NMHM-613466