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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.01.0031 |
| From Archive Folder | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs |
| Title | Surgeon General's Office photograph of Major Thomas G. Morrison, 66th Ind. Volunteers, after surgery |
| Date | March 1867 |
| Author | Bell, Charles Milton (1849-1893) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | The verso also has a photograph of the 4" shaft removed from Morrison's forearm. The medical condition and the operation is described on the reverse of the card. Surgeon General's Office. Army Medical Museum. Photograph No. 176. Successful Excision of the Head and Four Inches of the Shaft of the Right Humerus for Gunshot Fracture. Major Tomas G. Morrison, 66th Indiana Volunteers, was wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, October 4, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which passed through the surgical neck of the right humerus, severing the head from the shaft. Surgeon A Goslin, 48th Illinois Volunteers, excised the head and four inches of the shaft through a single straight incision on the day after the injury. The wound healed kindly. In January, 1866, an exfoliation from the remaining part of the humerus was removed by Drs. Crozier and Reed at Nashville, Tennessee. In March, 1867, Major Morrison visited the Army Medical Museum. He had tolerably good use of his arm and fingers and could flex the forearm at a right angle. Pronation and supination are partially preserved. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. By Order of the Surgeon General: Geroge 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 | s.l. |
| 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 |