About This Item
Title
Civil War Amputee
Subject
American Civil War
Amputation
Description
A photograph taken by the War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Army Medical Museum depicting the results of a leg amputation performed on a soldier. The bones shown behind this veteran are likely his.
Title supplied by cataloger
Creator
War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Army Medical Museum
Source
Historical Medical Photographs, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1876
Relation
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
15829_5_sm
Coverage
19th Century
Date Created
2015
Citation
War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Army Medical Museum, “Civil War Amputee,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 26, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4432.