/medicalmuseum/taxonomy/term/65/all en /medicalmuseum/exhibits/warbones/specimens/specimen22 <p> </p> <p><img alt="22 civil war specimen" height="1336" width="3252" style="width: 633px; height: 260px;" class="media-element file-original " src="/medicalmuseum/files/medicalmuseum/22_0.jpg" /><br /> <b>Femur.</b> The entire shaft is necrotic and partially encased by an irregular involucrum.<br /> Fracture of the knee occurred in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. Amputation was performed at the middle third of the femur 39 days later; the patient died of "exhaustion" 41 days after that.</p> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:41:04 +0000 joan.omalley@mcgill.ca 418 at /medicalmuseum