John Crawford, Hospital Number 20, 277

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Title: John Crawford, Hospital Number 20, 277
Creator: Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified
Contributor: Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
John Crawford, Hospital Number 20, 277
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Published / Created: 1865
Publication Place: Washington, D.C.
Description: Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
Hospital Number 20,277.
John Crawford Co., B. 198, Pa. Age 29, admitted to Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital from City Point, April 2nd 1865, with gunshot fracture of the upper third of the right humerus, received at Hatcher's Run, March 29th, 1865. Splints were applied to the limb, and simple dressings to the wound, and the system supported by stimulants and nourishing diet. He was transferred to Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., May 13th 1865, and was then doing well.
John Crawford.
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S. Vols., In charge.
Extent: 7.5 in. x 5.5 in. (approximate) oval mounted on 11 in. x 9 in. board
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Albumen Print
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Washington, D.C
Subject (Name): Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
John Crawford, Hospital Number 20, 277
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Subject (Topic): Arm—Wounds and injuries
Medical photography—patients
Medical photography—United States—19th century
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs

Access: Public
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