Cranium fragment with embedded bullet
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@ Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Morrison, Paul (photographer)
Description
UndatedThis cranium fragment is from a solider of the American Civil War. He exhibited no symptoms after injury. The wound developed into a brain abscess and the soldier died 3 weeks after being shot. Inscription: in pencil on bottom of base: "Civil War / 4973 /12-3." Cranium fragment with bullet mounted on wooden base, painted black.
Bone, Metal, Wood Objects
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