Fitzpatrick, M. C.

Fitzpatrick, M. C. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d2e24229 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: Kenneth M. Price AJ Howell 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 21883628 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the lower extremities wounds and operations in the foot shot wounds of the bones of the foot shot fractures of the bones of the foot amputations in the foot primary amputations in the foot fracture of foot, followed by Chopart's amputation wound healed, ankle nearly powerless health feeble, harassing cough and night sweats died of consumption furnished with artificial foot blessed added figure encoding 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 921.—Private M. C. Fitzpatrick, Co. H, 2d New York Mounted Rifles, aged 50 years, was wounded before Petersburg, June 30, 1864. He was admitted to the field hospital of the 2d division, Ninth Corps, where Surgeon J. Harris, 7th Rhode Island, recorded: "Fracture of right foot by minié ball, followed by Chopart's amputation." Several days after the operation the patient was transferred to Washington, where he entered Stanton and subsequently Judiciary Square Hospital. The wound was reported as healing mostly by first intention, leaving an excellent stump. On April 1, 1865, the patient was discharged from service and pensioned, having been previously furnished with an artificial foot by the Jewett Patent Leg Co. Examiner H. N. Loomis, of Buffalo, N. Y., September 4, 1869, certified to the loss of the foot and stated: "Wound healed, leaving the ankle nearly powerless and the end of the stump and heel very tender. His general health is very feeble, with harassing cough and night sweats." The history of the case was accompanied by drawings copied in the adjoining wood-cuts (FIGS. 356, 357). The pensioner died of consumption December 28, 1869.

FIG. 356—CHOPART'S amputation; anterior view. [After a drawing.]

FIG. 357—CHOPART'S amputation; lateral view. [After a drawing.]

FIG. 361.—CHOPART'S amputation of the foot. [After ESMARCH.]