Doctor, Doctor...(Not for a weak stomach)

A while back I posted some medical cases from the Confederate States Medical And Surgical Journal. Here are a few more presented by Chief Surgeon Caryle Terry, Hindman's Division;

Case 1.- Marion Carlisle, second lieutenant company "G," 19th South Carolina; gun shot wound; right knee-joint implicated, and femur comminuted; amputation middle third of thigh. Stump attacked with erysipelas about the fifth week, which caused much delay; finally recovered and was sent to General Hospital No.16.

Case 13.- W.T. Kirby, private 50th Alabama; amputation middle third thigh; condition bad; stump did not do well; muscular and cutaneous tissues contracting very much, leaving bone protruding, which was again amputated, after which patent did very well, and was sent to General Hospital, October 13th.

Case 34.- J. Bishop, corporal company "D," 22d Alabama; ball passed through both hips, and bulbous portion urethra; bled profusely on the field; right femur fractured near its neck; suffered great pain for fifteen days; urine poured through wound, and repeated hemorrhages, from which he died October 8.

Case 49. W.B. Brown, corporal company "F," 24th Alabama; ball passes through abdomen; passed fecal matter from both orifices for fifteen days; finally both healed, and feces passed naturally; no peritoneal symptoms; sent to rear, in safe condition, October 31.

39th Alabama Medical Cases-Chickamauga

To tie in on what Chris has posted, the following are cases from the 39th Alabama wounded at Chickamauga. A special thanks to Dr. Keith Bohannon for sharing this information from the Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal (Vol.1, No.5, May 1864), "Report of wounded treated in Field Hospital of Hindman's Division, Army of Tennessee, after the battle of Chickamauga." By Carlyle Terry, Chief Surgeon.

Case 12.-J.C. Minslett, private 39th Alabama; compound comminuted fracture thigh; amputation middle third; amputation lower third; constitution bad; lost much blood on the field. Died September 30.

Case 21.-J.M. Smith, private 39th Alabama; amputation army middle third; did not do well; had erysipelas for ten days, and wound not disposed to heal; left in the hands of the enemy November 26; will probably die.

Case 38.-Thomas Williams, private 39th Alabama; compound comminuted fracture thigh. No operation. Did not do well, and left in the hands of the enemy; will die.

Case 39.-Asa Johnson, private 39th Alabama; compound comminuted fracture thigh; treatment, double inclined plane; did well, and was sent to General Hospital November 16.

Note: Comminuted Bone Fracture
A comminuted fracture has more than two fragments of bone which have broken off. It is a highly unstable type of bone fracture with many bone fragments. (From pain.health-info.org/Pain/20Pages/factures.htm)