Robert A. Butcher

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:: Robert A. Butcher.
Robert A. Butcher, Private, Co. H, 82nd Pa. Vols, was admitted to Harewood U.S. Gen'l Hospital, April 16th, 1865, having two sabre cuts across the top of the head, received near South-side Railroad, Va., April 10th, 1865. The anterior wound was near, and in line with the coronal suture. The posterior one, about one inch and a half from the first and parallel with it. The bone was not denuded. The wounds healed rapidly. May 29th, the patient, for the first time complained of severe headache, and intolerance of light, and the anterior wound soon after re-opened discharging unhealthy pus. The head-ache gradually subsided, the wound again healed, and he was discharged nearly well, June 9th, 1865.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S. Vols., In Charge.
Topics:: Head—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
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Robert A. Butcher
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:: 15831208
OID:: 15831207
PID:: digcoll:2835134