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Studying Wounds:
By the end of the Civil War, the Army Medical Museum held more than 4,000 skeletal specimens depicting a wide variety of gunshot, blunt force, and sharp force injuries. Museum staff studied medical records to review surgical procedures and treatments.
Anatomists preserved the wet tissue specimens in alcohol and mounted the dry bones for exhibition. Artists drew illustrations of the carefully catalogued specimens to be used in publications distributed throughout the medical community. These specimens are still used in scientific studies. |