Title: Savage, B. D.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.), Part 2, Volume 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1876), 836.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the upper extremitieswounds and injuries of the elbow jointshot wounds of the elbow jointshot wounds of the elbow joint treated on the expectant planball entered forearm, upper third, came out above elbow joint, fractured humerusarm perfectly useless.shot wound of ulna below olecranon and just above external condyle, shattered lower end of humerusarm cannot be extended straightelbow joint motion impaired, arm atrophied and painfuldisability one-half

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e31432

TEI/XML: med.d2e31432.xml


CASE 1752.—Serg't B. D. Savage, Co. F, 3d Maine, aged 22 years, was wounded at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Surgeon D. Evarts, 20th Indiana, recorded: "Shot fracture of right elbow." The patient was treated at Campbell Hospital, Washington; discharged June 28, 1864, and pensioned. Examiner C. W. Snow, of Maine, reported, June 30, 1864: "A minié ball entered the right forearm, upper third, coming out above the joint, and fracturing the humerus; arm perfectly useless." Examiner A. Lambert, of Massachusetts, March 1, 1865, recommended a reduction of pension, stating: "The arm is improving rapidly, and the applicant is beginning to earn a respectable livelihood." Examiner G. A. Wilbur, of Maine, reported, March 5, 1866: "Shot wound of ulna, five inches below olecranon, to just above the right external condyle, shattering the lower end of the humerus. The arm cannot be extended exactly straight; otherwise perfect." Examiner Snow again reported, September 4, 1873: "Motion of elbow joint impaired; arm atrophied and painful; disability one-half." This pensioner was paid June 4, 1874.