Title: Gilkey, E.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.), Part 3, Volume 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883), 354.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the lower extremitiesinjuries of the shaft of the femurshot fractures of the shaft of the femurshot fractures of the shaft of the femur treated by conservationshot fractures of the upper third of the femur treated by conservationfatal shot fractures of the upper third of the femur treated by conservationsecondary hæmorrhageligation of femoral vein and profunda arteryshot fracture of upper third of femur

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e14546

TEI/XML: med.d2e14546.xml


CASE 502.—Private E. Gilkey, Co. C, 17th Maine, age 27 years, was wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864, and admitted into Campbell Hospital, Washington, ten days afterwards. Surgeon A. F. Sheldon, U. S. V., reported: "Shot fracture of upper third of right femur. Hæmorrhage to the amount of twelve ounces occurred on July 5th, when the femoral vein and the profunda artery were ligated, the ligature of the former being applied at the seat of the injury. Hæmorrhage recurred on July 7, 1864, when the case resulted fatally."