John Harvey, Hospital Number 15, 877

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:

John Harvey.
Hospital Number 15,877.
John Harvey, Private, Co. F, 29th Mass. Vols., aged 19, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, June 21st, 1864, suffering from gun shot wound of left forearm, the ball entering at upper third and passing upwards, grooving the head of humerus and fracturing left cavicle. Wounded, June 17th, 1864, at the battle of Petersburgh, Va. Resection of head of humerus, and of about three inches of left clavicle which was fractured, denuded and protruding. The ball was extracted from under fractured cavicle on the 28th of June. Operation performed by Surg. R. B. Bontecou, U.S. Vols., July 17th, 1864. The condition of parts at time of operation was tolerably good, but patient was weak from excessive suppuration. The wound had healed and patient was doing well when discharged from the hospital, Feb. 18th, 1865.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital.
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S. Vols., In Charge.

Topics:

Arm—Wounds and injuries
Medical photography—patients
Medical photography—United States—19th century
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs

Topics:

Washington, D.C

Topics:

Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
John Harvey, Hospital Number 15, 877
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:

15831146

OID:

15831145

PID:

digcoll:2835116

Number of Pages: 2