Title: Baker, Joseph

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), 702-703.

Keywords:wounds and complicationsshot woundsexplosive ballswound of thighwound inflicted by explosive ballball entered the internal femoral region, centre of middle thirdfractured and comminuted femurball extracted on battlefield, under fascia lata between rectus and vastus externusunion of bones with considerable curvature externallylimb shortened 2½ inches, foot inverted

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e25723

TEI/XML: med.d2e25723.xml


CASES 1028.—Private Joseph Baker, Co. B, 29th New York, wounded at Bull Run, August 29, 1862. Acting Assistant Surgeon W. L. Hammond reported the patient's admission into Baptist Church Hospital, Alexandria, September 1, 1862, with a wound of the right thigh, inflicted by an explosive ball, which entered the internal femoral region, centre of the middle third, fracturing and comminuting the femur; ball extracted on the battlefield, under the fascia lata, between the rectus and the vastus externus, almost in the line of its direction. Treated in Smith's anterior splint; union of bones with considerable curvature externally; limb shortened 2½ inches and foot inverted. Discharged February 29, 1863.