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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: 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 2188316-17 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the lower extremities flesh wounds of the lower extremities shot flesh wounds flesh wounds of the lower limbs with injury of the larger blood-vessels flesh wound injuring large artery of thigh wounds of blood-vessels treated by ligation ligation of femoral artery performed femoral artery tied both above and below injury gunshot wound of upper third of thigh ball severed femoral artery limb atrophied, leg partially flexed upon thigh, inability to extend Assistant Surgeon case text extracted and transformed from larger file Enrich Encoding, Edit and validate Validated File Sarah Synovec initial checking of OCR text; encoded P5 Encoding

CASE 25.—Assistant Surgeon R. S. Vickery, 2d Michigan, aged 33 years, was wounded at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, and admitted to the field hospital of the 3d division, Ninth Corps. Surgeon P. A. O'Connell, U. S. V., reported: "Gunshot wound of upper third of left thigh by minié ball; ligation of femoral artery performed by Surgeon W. B. Fox, 8th Michigan." From the field hospital the patient was moved to City Point, and subsequently to New York. Assistant Surgeon J. E. Semple, U. S. V. reported his admission to the Officers' Hospital, Bedloe's Island, August 25th, with "flesh wound involving direct injury to the large artery of the thigh." In January following, the invalid was transferred to Armory Square Hospital, Washington, where he was discharged from service March 11, 1865. Examiner J. Nichols, of Washington, certified, March 24, 1865: "Gunshot wound of left thigh, inner aspect, upper third, ball severing femoral artery. Limb much atrophied and shrunk away almost to the bone; leg partially flexed upon the thigh; inability to extend it. Great danger of secondary hæmorrhage from the artery, which requires a long time for restoration. Limb perfectly useless; prognosis doubtful—may yet have to be amputated." Dr. Vickery was a pensioner until May 14, 1867, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the regular army. Dr. F. H. Hamilton states (Appendix to Treatise on Military Surgery and Hygiene, 1865, p. 640) that in this case "the bleeding was arrested temporarily by a tourniquet, and three hours afterwards Surgeon Fox, of the 8th Michigan, enlarged the wound and tied the femoral both above and below the seat of injury."