/medicalmuseum/taxonomy/term/66/all en /medicalmuseum/exhibits/warbones/specimens/specimen23 <p><img alt="Civil war specimen" style="width: 233px; height: 500px;" class="media-element file-original " src="/medicalmuseum/files/medicalmuseum/23_0.jpg" width="1014" height="2174" /></p> <p><b>Femur.</b> Stump showing a sequestrum partly covered by a conical involucrum.</p> <p>The tibia were fibula were fractured around the knee joint by a rifle ball on November 28, 1863. The patient was admitted to the hospital December 4 and amputation was performed December 15. He died January 6, 1864.</p> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:41:04 +0000 joan.omalley@mcgill.ca 416 at /medicalmuseum