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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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NMHMCW_080114_026.JPG: "The rapid march, the life of the camp" Disease and Hygiene: A fear to which every soldier could admit was death from an enemy bullet, but a greater unseen killer lurked in the camps. Disease, the product of poor hygiene, inadequate diet, crowded camps, and unseasoned troops, killed more than 400,000 soldiers. For every life lost to a bullet, disease claimed two lives. Union surgeons reported more than six million cases of disease, meaning that the average soldier became sick at least twice each year. Doctors suspected that something in the odors emanating from swamps, privies, and garbage was the source of disease, even though the role of microorganisms in transmitting disease was still unknown. At first, the military commands were slow to acknowledge doctors' demands for fresh air, dry ground, and healthy food for the troops. However, citizens' groups such as the United States Sanitary Commission pressured the military to make improvements. These changes reduced the rate of sickness and death by allowing physicians to introduce and enforce personal hygiene and camp cleanliness as well as other health-related regimens.
2. NMHMCW_080114_031.JPG: Various identifying badges for Sanitary Commission members
3. NMHMCW_080114_038.JPG: Urinal sample
4. NMHMCW_080114_042.JPG: Pelvis damaged by a minie ball
5. NMHMCW_080114_047.JPG: Left thigh bone of Private Fabry removed after six years of infection
6. NMHMCW_080114_050.JPG: Prosthetic arm
7. NMHMCW_080114_063.JPG: Private J. Luman, Company A, 122nd Ohio Volunteers, was wounded at the battle of Mine Run, Virginia, on November 27th, 1863, when a minie ball passed through his skull. He was treated in the field hospital for several days before being evacuated to the 3rd division hospital in Alexandria. By December 8th, Private Luman was comatose and Surgeon E. Bentley applied a trephine and removed the splinters of bones associated with the wound. He [sic] condition failed to improve and he died five days later.
8. NMHMCW_080114_087.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.
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