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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.01.0033 |
| From Archive Folder | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs |
| Title | Surgeon General's Office photograph of Lieut. A.W. Starkweather, 6th Ind. Cav., after surgery. 1865 |
| Date | 1865 |
| Author | Bell, Charles Milton (1849-1893) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Specimen #2345. The medical condition of his femur and the operation is described on the reverse of the card. Surgeon General's Office. Army Medical Museum. SPECIMEN #2345.--PHOTOGRAPHICSERIES,No. 85. Simple Fracture of the Middle Third of the Left Femur, United without Deofrmity. Lieut. A. W. Starkweather, 6th Indiana Cavalry, was thrown from his horse, at Black and White Station, Va., on April 28th, 1865, and the shaft of his femur was fractured. He was admitted to Armory Square Hospital, on May 7th, and was treated by Buck's method of extension by a weight and pulley, until June 7th; a dextrine bandage was then substitued. In the latter part of June, the patient began to walk about with the aid of crutches. The photgraph was taken early in August, 1865. The fracture was then firmly consolidated without deformity, and with very slight shortening. The case was selected as an interseting illustration of a successful result in a simple fracture of the femur. The facts were communicated by Acting Assistant Surgeon C. B. Porter, by whom the treatment was conducted. Photographed at the Army Medcial Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS, Bv't Lt. Col. and Ass't Surg. U.S.A. Curator A.M.M. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Health and Medical Hospital Injury or Wound |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |