Edward J. Ward
Shot Comminutions of the Humerus

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Artist Edward J. Ward(American, active 1860s–1870s)American, active 1860s–1870s

Printer American Photo-Relief Printing Company(American, active 1870s–1880s)American, active 1870s–1880s

Publisher U. S. Government Printing Office(created 1860)created 1860

Author Joseph K. Barnes, M.D.(American, 1817–1883)American, 1817–1883

CultureAmerican

Titles

Shot Comminutions of the Humerus
from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part II, Volume II, Plate XLVI

Datepublished 1876

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumWoodburytype

DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 12.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (20 × 12.1 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Nicholas Sollene, M.D.

Object number2010.2364

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PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionIllustrating
two severely fractured humerus bones, this photograph was included in The
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Massive in scope
and scale, this text documented thousands of Civil War medical cases and served
as a reference manual for traumatic injuries. According to the volume, the
humerus on the left came from N. A. Sewall, a 25 year old Union soldier. The
humerus on the right came from D. S. Doggett, a Confederate soldier in the 35th
Battalion Virginia Cavalry. The broken bones of both soldiers demonstrate the
human cost of war on both sides of the conflict.
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, Brooklyn]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on the mount surrounding image:
(upper left) "Med and Surg. Hist. of the Rebellion. ..."
(lower left) "Ward phot."
(lower right) "Am. Photo-Relief Printing Col, Philada."
(lower center) "PLATE XLVI. SHOT COMMINUTIONS OF THE HUMERUS. / ... "

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