Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Samuel T. Tineker photographed at the Army Medical Museum ; by the order of the Surgeon General.
Contributor (Organization):
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Subject (Genre):
Photographs
Subject (MeSH Term):
Wounds, Gunshot
Subject (MeSH Term):
Humerus injuries
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Personnel
Subject (MeSH Term):
American Civil War
Publication Information:
[Washington, D.C.] : Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum, 1864.
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Statement:
Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
Order No.:
B030336
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : albumen, b&w ; oval image 19 x 14 cm., on mount 31 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Man seated in profile exposes wound.
Subject (Person):
Tineker, Samuel T.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Photograph series, no. 146. Successful intermediate excision of the head and three inches of the shaft of right humerus for gunshot fracture. Private Samuel T. Tineker. Co. D. 14th Indiana Volunteers, was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864, by a musket ball, which entered the posterior surface of the right humerus ...
Note (General):
Part of a series of photographs and cases intended, at the behest of Surgeon General William Hammond, for publication in Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1870-1888).
Note (General):
Printed label ("11") and caption pasted on the mount.
Note (General):
NLM copy: with MS. red ink highlighting the scar.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
HMD provides access to digital images in lieu of originals when electronic copies exist. Access to originals may require advance notice. Please see HMD Reference Librarian for more information.
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Call Number:
PP059703 no. 11 alb
Record UI:
101579219

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