BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War

DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War:

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[13] NMHMCW_070103_068.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[14] NMHMCW_070103_072.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?) $The Case of Major General Daniel E. Sickles: Major General Daniel E. Sickles, Union Third Army Corps commander, was struck by a cannonball during the battle of Gettysburg. Sickles was on horseback when the twelve-pound ball severely fractured his lower right leg. Sickles quieted his horse, dismounted and was taken to a shelter where Surgeon Thomas Sims amputated the leg just above the knee. Shortly after the operation, the Army Medical Museum received Sickles' leg in a small box bearing a visiting card with the message: "With the compliments of Major General D.E.S." The amputation healed rapidly and by September of 1863, Sickles returned to military service. For many years on the anniversary of the amputation, Sickles visited his leg at the museum. Sickles' exploits extended beyond the Civil War. He was the first defendant to successfully use the temporary insanity defense in the United States. In 1859, Sickles was found not guilty of the murder of his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, the son of the composer of the national anthem. Sickles had shot Key in Lafayette Square in Washington in a jealous rage after learning of the affair. Sickles also served as a secret agent for President Lincoln and was appointed Ambassador to Spain by President Grant. Right lower leg bones of Major General Daniel E. Sickles showing the destruction cause by a cannonball.$	[15] NMHMCW_070103_075.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[16] NMHMCW_070103_080.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[17] NMHMCW_070103_093.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[18] NMHMCW_070103_096.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NMHMCW_070103_024.JPG: Gunshot wound in the chest
2. NMHMCW_070103_031.JPG: Infected bone
3. NMHMCW_070103_068.JPG: Left thigh bone of Private Fabry removed after six years of infection
4. NMHMCW_070103_072.JPG: The Case of Major General Daniel E. Sickles: Major General Daniel E. Sickles, Union Third Army Corps commander, was struck by a cannonball during the battle of Gettysburg. Sickles was on horseback when the twelve-pound ball severely fractured his lower right leg. Sickles quieted his horse, dismounted and was taken to a shelter where Surgeon Thomas Sims amputated the leg just above the knee. Shortly after the operation, the Army Medical Museum received Sickles' leg in a small box bearing a visiting card with the message: "With the compliments of Major General D.E.S." The amputation healed rapidly and by September of 1863, Sickles returned to military service. For many years on the anniversary of the amputation, Sickles visited his leg at the museum. Sickles' exploits extended beyond the Civil War. He was the first defendant to successfully use the temporary insanity defense in the United States. In 1859, Sickles was found not guilty of the murder of his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, the son of the composer of the national anthem. Sickles had shot Key in Lafayette Square in Washington in a jealous rage after learning of the affair. Sickles also served as a secret agent for President Lincoln and was appointed Ambassador to Spain by President Grant. Right lower leg bones of Major General Daniel E. Sickles showing the destruction cause by a cannonball.
5. NMHMCW_070103_107.JPG: The Case of Private Carleton Burgan: Private Carleton Burgan, Company B, Purnell's Maryland Legion, age 20, was admitted to the general hospital in Frederick, Maryland, on August 4th, 1862, with pneumonia. He was given calomel, a strong mercurial drug. On August 6th, doctors discovered that the calomel had caused an ulcer on Burgan's tongue. The ulcer soon spread to his cheek and the roof of his mouth. The ulcer became gangrenous. The gangrene disappeared on August 27th, but it had destroyed Burgan's upper mouth, palate, right cheek and right eye. The bone of his right cheek was removed to halt any further spread of the gangrene. Burgan's condition made him a candidate for reconstructive surgery. Dr. Gordon Buck of City Hospital in New York performed a series of operations to rebuild Burgan's face. Dental and facial fixtures were crafted to fill in the missing bone and support the skin. Burgan's case was the first involving total facial reconstructive surgery. He went on to live a normal life, with minimal visual and physical reminders of the damage.
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2007 photos: Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it. Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler. Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust").. Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.
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