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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Kenneth Winkle Matthew Bosley Elizabeth Lorang Stacey Berry Elisabeth Tracey Sarah Synovec Kourtney Klein The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.)Washington, DCGovernment Printing OfficePart 3Volume 21883188-189 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the lower extremities injuries of the shaft of the femur shot fractures of the shaft of the femur shot fractures of the shaft of the femur treated by conservation shot fractures of the middle third of the femur treated by conservation recovery after shot fractures of the middle third of the femur treated by conservation ball struck femur above patella, fractured shaft of bone, and lodged treated on Dr. Gurdon Buck's plan injured leg shortened less than an inch ball passed through rectus muscle, fractured bone, lodged in posterior thigh muscles in back of leg and thigh contracted 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 Sarah Synovec initial checking of OCR text; encoded P5 Encoding

CASE 385.—Sergeant A. Ryder, Co. B, 121st New York, aged 22 years, was wounded before Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and admitted to the field hospital of the 1st division, Sixth Corps, where Surgeon R. Sharpe, 15th New Jersey, noted: "Shot fracture of left thigh; splints applied." On the day following the injury the wounded man was sent to the Depot Hospital at City Point, and, on April 12th, he was transferred to Armory Square Hospital, Washington, whence Acting Assistant Surgeon G. K. Smith reported the following history: "The wound was caused by a conoidal ball, which struck the femur about six inches above the patella, fracturing the shaft of the bone and lodging. But slight constitutional disturbance took place, and the quantity of discharge from the wound sac very moderate. The position of the ball could not be ascertained. The patient was treated on Dr. Gurdon Buck's plan. Two weeks after his admission, the injured limb was found to be shortened one and one-quarter inches. By June 9th the wound had healed, but bony union was still incomplete and extension by weights was continued. On July 8th the femur was found to be firmly consolidated, and the patient was allowed to go about on crutches. He was mustered out of service August 2, 1865, his general health being good and his injured leg shortened less than an inch." Examiner J. C. Tibbets, of Warsaw, New York, certified, October 14, 1872: "The ball passed through the rectus muscle, fractured the bone, and lodged in the posterior pan of the thigh among the muscles, where it still remains. The muscles in the back of the leg and thigh are contracted, so that walking or even much resting on the limb causes spasms (cramps), etc." The pensioner was paid March 4, 1879. His photograph, taken at the Army Medical Museum on July 25, 1865 (Surg. Phot. Series, No. 72), is represented in FIG. 1 of PLATE LXI.

PLATE LXI. — CONSOLIDATED GUNSHOT FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. Fig. 1. Case of Sergeant A. Ryder, 121st New York