Femur. The shaft is fractured obliquely 11 cm from the distal end. Union has not occurred despite the presence of a large amount of callus (FIG. 1) at the ends of both fragments. A sequestrum is evident at the bottom of the upper fragment.
FIG. 1
The injury was sustained at Fair Oaks on June 1, 1862. The patient was admitted to the hospital June 11, as the wound was 鈥渟uppurating freely鈥�. The patient was treated by weights and sandbags and died a few months later on September 5, probably due to sepsis.
Excerpt from The Medical and Surgial History of the War and the Rebellion
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