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Excerpt from Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens The figure on the left shows the left tibia and fibula amputated in the middle third. The fibula, just above the malleolus, and the tibia, two inches above the joint, are transversely fractured by a conoidal musket ball which is attached. There is no history, but the absence Of comminution in a fracture by such a missile, is noteworthy. The specimen is No. 490 of the Surgical Section, and was contributed by Assistant Surgeon George M. Mcgill, U. S. A., from the field Hospital of the' Ninth Corps at Falmouth, Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.