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{{left margin|2em|never had been any union. Oct. 6th, 1865, he entered the hospital (125, 4), and on the 13th the operation was performed. The upper fragment of the ulna was turned out, the periosteum scraped back, and about ½ in. sawn off. About an inch only of the lower fragment remained, but the periosteum was raised, and a very small piece of bone was removed. The ends of the radius were then sawed off (¾ in. and 1¼ in.), and the bones were drilled and wired. Dec. 3d the wire in the ulna broke through, and was removed. March 14th there was no union in either bone; and the wire was removed from the radius, with four small pieces of dead bone; the patient having left the hospital on the 1st of February. 1868. Dr. Geo. H. Gay.

1044. Cast, to show the appearances on recovery, after a large portion of the hand had been cut away, for a gun-shot injury. The index finger and thumb remain, and are very useful; flexion and extension being perfect. Taken by Dr. G. K. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., at the Armory Square Hospital, in Washington; and a copy placed in the Army Med. Museum in that city. 1866. Dr. C. B. Porter.

1045. Photograph of the above patient. 1866.

Dr. G. H. Lyman.

{{hi|1046. Recent fracture of a metacarpal bone, near its anterior extremity. 1847. Dr. J. Q. Warren.

1047. First phalanx of the thumb, showing a separation by violence of the posterior epiphysis. From a boy, æt. fourteen. Hand badly crushed; amputated, and did well. (Hospital 118, 162.) Specimen prepared by Mr. F. B. Greenough, one of the house-pupils. 1865.

Dr. R. M. Hodges.

1048. Excision of the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation of the thumb. From a boy who had a pistol burst in his hand. The articulation was laid open; and there was dislocation, with a transverse fracture of the very anterior extremity of the metacarpal bone. The wound healed by the first