Sickles, D. E. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d2e11190 Civil War Washington University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Matthew Bosley Elizabeth Lorang Stacey Berry Elisabeth Tracey Sarah Synovec The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.)Washington, DCGovernment Printing OfficePart 3Volume 21883242 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the lower extremities injuries of the shaft of the femur amputations in the shaft of the femur primary amputations in the shaft of the femur for shot injury primary amputations in the lower third of the femur recoveries after primary amputations in the lower third of the femur limb amputated low down in thigh twelve-pound solid shot shattered leg additional proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms case text extracted and transformed from larger file Enrich Encoding, Edit and validate Validated File initial checking of OCR text; encoded P5 Encoding

CASE 446.—Major-General D. E. Sickles, U. S. V., while in command of the Third Corps, at Gettysburg, was wounded, on the evening of July 2, 1863, by a twelve-pounder solid shot, which shattered his right leg. He dismounted unassisted, and aid arriving promptly, he was removed to a sheltered ravine a short distance to the rear, where the limb was amputated low down in the thigh by Surgeon T. Sim, U. S. V., Medical Director of the Corps. The patient was then sent farther to the rear, and, on the following day, he was transferred to Washington. The stump healed with great rapidity. Two weeks after the injury the patient was able to ride about in a carriage, and early in September he was well enough to again mount a horse, the stump being completely cicatrized. The bones of the amputated leg (Spec. 1335) were contributed to the Museum by the patient, and the history of the case was obtained from the operator. General Sickles subsequently for several years held command in South Carolina and the Department of the South, but has been retired from active service since April 14, 1869.¹

¹ Circular No. 6, War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, 1865, p. 38.