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Actions	Gunshot wound of elbow Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.13833 TitleGunshot wound of elbow CreatorCharles Bell (originator)‎ DescriptionGunshot wound of elbow. Sketch in oil, glazed, in wooden frame. One of Charles Bell's paintings of a casualty from the Battle of Corunna and the retreat between 24 December 1808-11 January 1809. Bell treated some of the force that landed back in Britain at Portsmouth. There are fifteen images in all. Bell's notes: "Sketch in oil of an arm of an officer who came to me to have his arm amputated. A musket ball is lodged in the elbow joint, the nerves wer cut, and the arm asleep, shrunk and cold." The arm is wasted and thin, with massive reduction of the muscle volume of the biceps, brachioradialis and triceps. The swelling following the injury has abated, and the entry wound is hard to see, but the elbow itself is swollen and covered with dried slough, the result of sepsis caused by dirty clothing carried into the wound with the musket ball. It is possible that the median and ulnar nerves were severed and the brachial artery damaged Amputation would be above the elbow, a procedure which at that time had a mortality rate of 15-30 per cent Production date c.post 1810-01-01 Object nameGunshot wound to elbow Object categoryAnatomical, artwork MaterialCanvas Dimensions Framed Height: 41.5 cm Width: 36 cm Canvas Height: 33.1 cm Width: 27.7 cm

Object numberGC.13833

TitleGunshot wound of elbow

CreatorCharles Bell (originator)‎

DescriptionGunshot wound of elbow. Sketch in oil, glazed, in wooden frame. One of Charles Bell's paintings of a casualty from the Battle of Corunna and the retreat between 24 December 1808-11 January 1809. Bell treated some of the force that landed back in Britain at Portsmouth. There are fifteen images in all. Bell's notes: "Sketch in oil of an arm of an officer who came to me to have his arm amputated. A musket ball is lodged in the elbow joint, the nerves wer cut, and the arm asleep, shrunk and cold." The arm is wasted and thin, with massive reduction of the muscle volume of the biceps, brachioradialis and triceps. The swelling following the injury has abated, and the entry wound is hard to see, but the elbow itself is swollen and covered with dried slough, the result of sepsis caused by dirty clothing carried into the wound with the musket ball. It is possible that the median and ulnar nerves were severed and the brachial artery damaged Amputation would be above the elbow, a procedure which at that time had a mortality rate of 15-30 per cent

Production date c.post 1810-01-01

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