Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[Private Franklin Harsh] photographed at the Army Medical Museum, by the order of the Surgeon General : George A. Otis ...
Contributor:
Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881.
Contributor (Organization):
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Subject (Genre):
Photographs
Subject (MeSH Term):
Wounds, Gunshot
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:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
B030340
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : albumen, b&w ; image 22 x 15 cm., on mount 31 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Photograph of two drawings showing the bared mid-section with the exposed wound.
Subject (Person):
Harsh, Franklin.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Photographic series no. 105: Perforating gunshot wound of the abdomen followed by faecal fistula. Private Franklin Harsh, Co. G, 7th Ohio vols., was wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3d, 1863 ... He was admitted to Armory Square Hospital, at Washington, and remained there for a long time with faecal fistula ... A brief history of the case was furnished by Surgeon D.W. Bliss, U.S. Vols. ...
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 ("16") and caption pasted on the mount.
Note (General):
NLM copy: with an arrow in MS. red ink showing the path of the bullet.
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. 16 alb
Record UI:
101583732

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