Title: Hoar, J.

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), 52.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the lower extremitiesflesh wounds of the lower extremitiescomplications of shot flesh wounds of the lower extremitieshæmorrhageligations of blood-vessels of the lower limbs after flesh woundsligations of the anterior tibial and posterior arteriesposterior and anterior tibial arteries conjointly tied for shot flesh woundsShot wound of foothæmorrhage from metatarsal artery

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e3556

TEI/XML: med.d2e3556.xml


CASE 121.—Private J. Hoar, Co. G, 144th New York, aged 22 years, wounded at White Plains, July 24, 1863. Shot wound of right foot; admitted into Douglas Hospital, Washington; hæmorrhage to the extent of six ounces occurred from the metatarsal artery on August 1st. Assistant Surgeon W. Thomson, U. S. A., ligated the anterior tibial artery in the continuity at the instep and the posterior tibial behind the malleolus. The wounds healed well, and the patient was returned to duty from Central Park Hospital>, New York, April 11, 1864. He is not a pensioner.