Artificial limbs for the United States Army and Navy : per commission of Surgeon-General, U.S.A.

  • Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Jr.
Date:
[1865?]
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Credit: Artificial limbs for the United States Army and Navy : per commission of Surgeon-General, U.S.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    4f6 Surgeon-General's Office, Washington City, D. C, May 13, 1865. Dr. E. D. Hudson, New York City. Sir: In accordance with the recommendation of a Board of Medical Officers, recently convened in the city of New York, you are authorized to furnish to mutilated soldiers, upon the order of the Medical Director of a Department, Artificial Legs, of the approved pattern presented by you to the Board. By Order of the Surgeon-General. Very respectfully your obd't servant, W. C. SPENCER, Ass't Surg. V. S. Army. N. B.—This is the third commission granted by the U. S. to Dr. Hudson, who has furnished artificial legs to the Government during the wa/r. Surgeon-General's Office, Washington City, D. G, May 13, 1865. Dr. E. D. Hudson, New York City. Sir: In accordance with the recommendation of a Board of Medical Officers, recently convened in the city of New York, you are authorized to furnish to mutilated sqjdiers, upon the order of the Medical Director of a Department, Artificial Feet, of the approved pattern presented by you to the Board. By Order of the Surgeon- General. Very respectfully your obed't servant, W. C. SPENCER, AssH Surg. U. S. Army. N. B.—Dr. Hudson is the only one commissioned to apply Artificial Feet in cases of Syme's Operation at the Ankle Joint. Surgeon-General's Office, ) Washington City, D. G, > May 13, 1865. ) Dr. E. D. Hudson, New York City. * Sir: In accordance with the recommendation of a Board of Medical Officers recently convened in the city of New York, you are authorized to furnish to mutilated soldiers, upon the order of the Medical Director of a Department, Apparatus for Resection of Elbow and Shoulder Joints, of the approved pattern presented by you to the Board. By Order of the Surgeon-General. Very respectfully your obed't servant, W. C. SPENCER, AssH Surg. U. S. Army.
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