Jacob F. Simmons, Hospital Number 20, 793

Creator:: Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified
Published/Created:: Washington, D.C.
1865
Physical Description:: 7.5 in. x 5.5 in. (approximate) oval mounted on 11 in. x 9 in. board
Notes:: Jacob F. Simmons.
Hospital Number, 20,793.
Jacob F. Simmons, Private, Co. H, 82nd Pa. Vols., aged 20, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, April 16th, 1865, suffering from gun shot wound of right shoulder, the ball entering near the middle of scapula, making its exit over the middle of left scapula, injuring soft parts. Wounded, April 6th, 1865, at the battle of Sailors' Creek, Va. On admission the condition of injured parts and constitutional state of patient were good. Patient was doing well when transferred to U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., May 28th, 1865.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S. Vols., In charge.
Topics:: Medical photography—patients
Medical photography—United States—19th century
Shoulder—Wounds and injuries
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs
Topics:: Washington, D.C
Topics:: Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
Jacob F. Simmons, Hospital Number 20, 793
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Language:: English
Genre:: Albumen Print
Format:: Image
Content Type:: Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Source Title:: Binder's Title: Gunshot Wounds Illustrated
Yale Collection:: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digital Collection:: Civil War Medical Photographs
oid pointer:: 15831128
OID:: 15831127
PID:: digcoll:2835114