AFIP_NMHM-1002803
Record
- Holding institution
- NMHM
- Collection
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA)
- Sex
- Male
- Country of origin
- USA
Scientific notes
Distal third of left femur showing embedded minie ball. Corporal, Pennsylvania, wounded at the Battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, March 25, 1865. Leg was amputated April 14, 1865. Patient died of pyaemia (septicaemia) May 2, 1865.
Provenance
<a href="mailto:Franklin.Damann@us.army.mil">Franklin Damann</a>
1 lesions
fire arm
- Bones
- Femur
- Side
- Left
- Timing
- Antemortem
- Force
- Direct
Gunshot wound Firearm
Distal third of left femur showing embedded minie ball. Leg was amputated.
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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-1002803