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"Gunshot, Fracture of the Cranium caused by a Musket Ball striking with great obliquity. Private Edward Volk, Co. D, 55th Ohio Volunteers, was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, by a musket ball, which struck the forehead at a point half an inch above the right eyebrow, comminuting and carrying away both tables of the os frontis, to the extent of one and one-fourth by two and one-fourth inches. He remained on the battle field six days, and was then conveyed to Washington, D. C., and admitted to the Emory Hospital on the 6th of September. About one-third of the missile was found lodged against the fractured edge of the frontal bone. One-half of the plates which compose the frontal sinus were found in broken fragments piercing the brain, and were carefully removed. About a teaspoonful of brain matter escaped. There was no cerebral disturbance, and the patient was perfectly conscious. On September 8th, hernia cerebri appeared, the protrusion being about the size of a walnut. On the 19th the edges of the wound were healthy; the hernia had receded, but diarrhoea supervened, which greatly reduced the patient's strength. He died on the 25th of September. The post-mortem examination revealed a more extended fracture than was supposed to exist, reaching through the parietal to within two inches of the occipital bone. The orbital place of the right superior maxillary was fractured and depressed, and a fissure an inch long ran down the body of the bone."

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Title: Photographs of surgical cases and specimens
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: United States. Surgeon-General's Office Otis, George A. (George Alexander) 1830-1881 Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907, collecter Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Subjects: Medicine, Military Medicine, Military Surgery, Operative Surgery, Operative Military Medicine American Civil War General Surgery Wounds and injuries
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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in diameter. The ball had entered theskull through the squamous portion of the right temporal bone, makingan orifice through both tables, one and a half inches perpendicularly, andone inch horizontally. A fissure extended from the upper and anterioredge of this orifice, forwards and downwards the whole length of thesquamous suture, and another at the anterior and inferior edge extendedone and a half inches forwards and downwards to the tubercle. Thebrain in the region of the wound was pulpy, and contained a large num-ber of spiculae of bone Avhich had been driven in by the ball. The vesselsof the left hemisphere were very much injected, and the whole brain wassoftened. No ball could be found in the skull. The specimen was pre-sented to the Army Medical Museum by Acting Assistant Surgeon H. M.Dean, and is numbered 2870 of the Surgical Section. Photographed at the Army Medical Museum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: GEORGE A. OTIS, Bvt It. Col, and Asst Surg. U. S. A., Curator A. M- M.
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m Trejtarcd under tj/e st/pervisio?i of ^Assistant £urgeon Peorge A. Otis, U. S. A. BY ORDEB OP THE SURGEON GENERAL. WAR DlE£S*.&,B>.TeDliiIi;jS^% ^URGEON pENERALs ptrPICKi ^RMY _/VlEDlCA /VlUSEUI* ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. Photograph No. 212. Gunshot, Fracture of the Cranium causedby a Musket Ball striking with great obliquity. Private Edward Volk,Co. D, 55th Ohio Volunteers, was wounded at thesecond battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, by a musket ball, whichstruck the forehead at a point half an inch above the right eyebrow,comminuting and carrying away both tables of the os frontis, to theextent of one and one-fourth by two and one-fourth inches. He remainedon the battle field six days, and was then conveyed to Washington, D. C,and admitted to the Emory Hospital on the 6th of September. Aboutone-third of the missile was found lodged against the fractured edge ofthe frontal bone. One-half of the plates which compose the frontal sinuswere found in broken fragments piercing the b

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