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Capt. W.G. Tracy (CP 1543), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Captain W.G. Tracy, Acting Aide-de-Camp, showing his arm after an excision of part of his humerus after a gunshot injury sustained at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 2, 1863. History (from SP 358): “Captain W.G. Tracy, Aid-de-Camp of General Slocum, aged twenty, was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863. The injury was caused by a musket ball, which passed through, postero-anteriorly, above the elbow-joint, producing two complete fractures through the articulation and shattering the bone above the joint. The nerves escaped being injured. On May 5th Surgeon H.E. Goodman, 28th Pennsylvania, assisted by Surgeon R.W. Pease, 10th New York Cavalry, excised four and a half inches of the lower extremity of the humerus. A good recovery followed, and on August 15, 1863, Captain Tracy was able to return to the field, his wound being perfectly healed, but the bones remaining ununited. He continued to serve on the staff of General Slocum until after the termination of the war and was finally mustered out October 13, 1865, and pensioned. In a communication, sent by him in April, 1866, he stated that his arm had become shortened about three inches, but that the muscles never withered away and the sensation of the limb remained perfect. He also mentioned that he can write as well as ever, though experiencing some difficulty in raising the arm. In October, 1875, when the photograph was taken, Mr. Tracy was in good health, and the usefulness of his mutilated limb had in no wise deteriorated. The excised bone constitutes specimen 1155 of the Surgical Section of the Museum.” Date: circa 1864 Photo ID: CP 1543 Source collection: OHA 75: Contributed Photographs Related Material: SP 358 Repository: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by National Museum of Health and Medicine. Publication and high resolution image requests should be directed to the NMHM (<a href="http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/" rel="nofollow">www.medicalmuseum.mil/</a>) |
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