File:Sgt. David H. Key (CP 0958), National Museum of Health and Medicine (5393243313).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,972 × 6,666 pixels, file size: 1.33 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Sgt. David H. Key (CP 0958), National Museum of Health and Medicine

Description: Sergeant David H. Key, Company G, 3rd New Jersey Cavalry, who was wounded by gunshot wound through the mouth at the battle of Harper’s Farm, Virginia on April 7th, 1865. The wound removed some teeth and part of the jaw, but the patient recovered. Caption reads: “Gunshot fract. of Inf. Maxilla and flesh wound of arm. Sgt David H. Key Co. G, 3d. N.J.C.”

History is on reverse: “David H. Key, Ser’t, Co. G, 3rd N.J. Cav., aged 23, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen’l Hospital April 19, 1865, with gunshot wound through the mouth, the ball carrying away canine and first bicuspid teeth of right lower jaw, and first bicuspid tooth of right upper jaw, wounding tongue, passing inside of ramus of lower jaw, left side, and lodging beneath integuments posterior to angle of jaw. Also gunshot (flesh) wound right arm, middle third, anterior aspect, ball passing through from before. Wounded April 6th, 1865, at battle of Harper’s Farm, Va. April 7th, 1865. Removal of ball on the field by counter opening, half an inch posterior to angle of jaw, and one inch below lobule of ear. Progressed favorably. Transferred to U.S. Gen’l Hospital, Newark, N.J., May 2nd, 1865, Doing well. Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital, R.B. Bontecou, Surgeon U.S. Vols., In charge.”

Date: circa 1865

Photo ID: CP 0958

Source Collection: OHA 75: Contributed Photographs

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 NMHM (<a href="http://www.medicalmuseum.mil" rel="nofollow">www.medicalmuseum.mil</a>)
Date
Source Sgt. David H. Key (CP 0958), National Museum of Health and Medicine
Author National Museum of Health and Medicine

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by medicalmuseum at https://flickr.com/photos/99129398@N00/5393243313. It was reviewed on 9 November 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

9 November 2020

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:54, 9 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:54, 9 November 20204,972 × 6,666 (1.33 MB)Netha Hussain (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sgt._David_H._Key_(CP_0958),_National_Museum_of_Health_and_Medicine_(5393243313).jpg&oldid=708895629"