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21883491Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellionwounds and injuries of the lower extremitieswounds and operations in the legshot fractures of the bones of the legamputations in the continuity of the leg for shot fracturesprimary amputations in the continuity of the leg for shot injuryprimary amputations in the lower third of the leg for shot injurysuccessful primary amputations in the lower third of the bones of the legshot fracture involving ankleleg amputated at lower thirdtibia shattered into ankle jointfibula fractured transverselyemployment as clerkwore artificial legblessedadded figure encodingadditional proofing of transcription and encoding, identified
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CASE 740.—Lieutenant E. F.
O'Brien, Co. A, 28th Massachusetts, aged 29
years, was wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Surgeon W. S.
Cooper, 125th New York, reported his admission
to the field hospital of the 1st division, Second Corps, with "shot fracture involving the left
ankle; leg amputated at lower third by Surgeon P. E.
Hubon, 28th Massachusetts." Five days after the reception of the injury the
patient entered Armory Square Hospital, Washington, and
one month later he proceeded to his home on leave
of absence. He was discharged from service October 13, 1864, and afterwards entered the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which organization he served until April 17, 1867, when he was mustered out and
pensioned. Subsequently he obtained employment as clerk in the Post Office and Interior
Departments at Washington. In May, 1869, when
visiting the Army Medical Museum, he was in excellent
health, and stated that he had worn a "Salem" artificial leg with satisfaction for over five
years. In his application for a new artificial limb, supplied in 1880, the pensioner reports the
stump as continuing in very good condition." His pension was paid September 4, 1880. The amputated bones of the leg, together with the astragalustalus (Spec. 4494, Surg. Sect., A. M. M.),
were contributed to the Museum by the operator, and are represented in the wood-cut (FIG. 290), showing the tibia to be shattered into the ankle and the fibula fractured
transversely.