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Memoir Offers Gruesome Glimpse at Civil War Surgery
Gen. Ewell's story a reminder of how far O&P care has come.
O&P News, September 2015
Berry Craig
Gen. Ewell's story a reminder of how far O&P care has come.
O&P News, September 2015
Berry Craig
When Confederate surgeons amputated Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s bullet-shattered left leg, they were anxious to prove to his young, soon-to-be stepson that the operation was life-saving.
“Dr. [William A.] Robertson of La. opened the leg along the track of the ball, in order to show me they were justified in taking it off – a Dr. Launer of Ala. having objected to it – but it had been plainly a necessity,” recalled Maj. Campbell Brown, 21, the general’s trusty staff officer.
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